Lotto: $17m up for grabs in tonight’s draw

A $17 million Powerball jackpot prize is up for grabs in tonight’s Lotto draw.

The $15 million Powerball jackpot was not struck on Saturday and has rolled over to tonight.

Strike Four had also rolled over and is now at $400,000 tonight.

At the same time, Lotto NZ’s mid-year millionaire promotion is on, with three extra prizes of $1 million to be won.

Last week, Lotto NZ said all Triple Dip tickets bought between Sunday, June 21 and 7.30pm Saturday, July 4 will be in the draw with a chance to win.

On June 21, a Canterbury Lotto player became New Zealand’s latest millionaire after winning $1 million. The same evening, a Gisborne player won $400,000 through Strike Four after purchasing a ticket through MyLotto.

1News reported on June 17 a husband and wife on the Coromandel Peninsula won $4.5 million in a Lotto jackpot earlier in the month after buying a ticket at Paper Power in Thames, in which they scored the ability to retire.

In a draw on June 3, an Ashburton player claimed the huge Powerball jackpot of $28.6 million after purchasing a ticket at Four Square Netherby.

After the draw, the Four Square store owner Kim Woods told 1News it was “quite massive for the community” and was a “good feeling”.

Tonight’s draw will be broadcast on TVNZ1 from 8.20pm. The draw can also be checked on the MyLotto app when it is completed.