Looking For Our Missing Christmas Millionaire

22 December 2008 - Only seven days remain for a player who bought a Lotto Triple Dip ticket at Tairua Stationers in Tairua, Coromandel to claim their million dollar first prize.

Akld Man Wins $7.7 Million - Due To Wife's Nagging

9 December 2008 - An Auckland man bought a Powerball lucky dip ticket on Saturday night only two minutes before the draw close off - and scooped the top prize of $7.5 million.

$1 M Lotto Win For Dunedin Factory Syndicate

A $1 million Lotto First Division prize has been claimed by a syndicate of four factory workers from Dunedin. The four winners are celebrating more than most, as their windfall comes just a few months before they're all made redundant from Fisher & Paykel's Dunedin plant.

Auckland Family Strikes It Rich With Largest-ever Lotto Strike Win

An Auckland family celebrated with a special meal of scallops and mussels after finding out they had won New Zealand's largest-ever Lotto Strike prize of $1.7 million.

The winning Strike ticket was sold at Drury Lane Lotto Superette in Auckland and was worth a total of $1,764,676.

NZ Lotteries Announces Record Lottery Grants Transfer Of $156.8 Million In 2007/2008

NZ Lotteries has announced a new record transfer to the NZ Lottery Grants Board of $156.8 million for the 2007/2008 financial year, $9.3 million more than last year, NZ Lotteries' Chief Executive Todd McLeay, said today.

NZ Lotteries Announces Record Lottery Grants Transfer Of $156.8 Million In 2007/2008

30 October 2008 - NZ Lotteries has announced a new record transfer to the NZ Lottery Grants Board of $156.8 million for the 2007/2008 financial year, $9.3 million more than last year, NZ Lotteries' Chief Executive Todd McLeay, said today.

Manukau Six Million Dollar Man Comes Forward To Claim Prize

30 October 2008 - A Lotto Powerball ticket worth $6.1 million had been folded in an Auckland man's wallet for nearly two weeks, before he decided to finally check it whilst out shopping.

The winner wishes to remain anonymous.

Protesters Accuse Govt Of Being Soft On Crime

By Alastair Bull of NZPA

Auckland, Oct 24 NZPA - Supporters of a liquor store owner facing charges after allegedly trying to defend himself in a brawl say the Government is worse than Third World countries on crime.

Powerball Winners Collect Their Millions

The NZ Lotteries' office in Wellington has been busy today, popping champagne corks and handing over millions of dollars to the lucky Powerball Second Division winners from Saturday night who have come forward to claim their big prizes.

Upper North Island Dominates In The Powerball Stakes

16 October 2008 - The upper North Island is home to the top twenty Powerball winning stores in the country, but the rest of New Zealand is vying to get on the list with this weekend's record breaking 'Must Be Won' $30m jackpot up for grabs.