A Guide to Playing New Zealand Lottery Games
New Zealand is just a hop, skip, and a jump away and many Aussies are keen on visiting. For lottery fans, one of the attractions of the islands (in addition to the stunning natural beauty, of course), is the small, but exciting selection of Kiwi lotteries. Until now, the need to fly to Auckland or Wellington to purchase tickets in person held Aussies back, but things have changed. You can play take a chance on winning huge prizes now, by matching official New Zealand lottery entries through TheLotter Australia's online lottery supply service!
New Zealand's lotteries are managed by Lotto NZ, which was established as a Crown Entity in 1987 for the purpose of raising money for community activities and projects. These funds are distributed to support the country’s recreation, arts, community projects and sports. Lotto New Zealand can be found online on the official Lotto NZ website.
Listed below is an introduction to Lotto NZ’s games. Have fun matching Kiwi lotteries online with our lottery supply service from Australia!
Lotto
Lotto is the main New Zealand lottery, with Lotto Strike and Powerball being variations of the game. To play New Zealand Lotto, simply fill out your entry with 6 numbers from 1-40.
Six balls and one bonus ball are drawn from the same drum. To win the Lotto first division prize, you need to match all 6 main numbers. There are seven Lotto prize divisions in total. You'll win a prize for partial matches of 3, 4, and 5. Matching the bonus ball creates three additional prize divisions.
The Lotto jackpot is fixed at NZ$1 million and players have a 1 in 3,838,380 chance of winning it! At TheLotter Australia, we match the New Zealand Lotto with our very own New Zealand LottoLuck! With identical conditions to the official New Zealand Lotto, you'll be in with a shot to win that sought after NZ$1 million prize. LottoLuck resultsmatch New Zealand lotto draw results.
Lotto Draw Times
Lotto draws take place on Wednesdays at 8:20 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 p.m. (local New Zealand time).
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Powerball
New Zealand Powerball builds on the standard Lotto game and as a result, offers additional attractive prizes. To Play New Zealand Powerball, you must pick 6 numbers from 1-40 as usual in Lotto, but then select an additional Powerball number between 1 and 10 for each line of your entry. If a winning Lotto line also has the correct Powerball number, your prize will be bigger than those you would get for just playing Lotto.
While similar to the Powerball games in Australia, South Africa, and the United States, the New Zealand version has an additional feature which sets it apart. The game also draws a bonus ball. Matching the bonus ball could entitle you to prizes in some of Powerball's 13 secondary prize divisions.
Whereas Lotto has a fixed NZ$1 million first division prize, New Zealand Powerball’s jackpot is significantly higher. The game’s guaranteed starting jackpot is set at NZ$4 million. If there are no winners of the first division prize, it will continue rolling over until it reaches a maximum amount of NZ$50 million. When it hits this cap, Powerball stages a Must-Be-Won draw. If there are no jackpot winners in this draw, the first division prize money rolls down and is shared by all winners in the next highest prize tier.
When you win the Powerball first division prize, you are also winning the Lotto jackpot. In effect, you are winning an additional NZ$1 million. For this reason, the Powerball jackpot advertised on is NZ$1 million higher than the amount advertised on the official Lotto NZ website.
Powerball’s draws are the same draws as Lotto’s, but at the same time there is an additional draw for the Powerball number.
At TheLotter Australia, we offer our players the chance to play NZ PowerLuck, a game entirely based on the NZ Powerball! With identical conditions, you will win a prize equivalent to that of the Powerball, as long as your numbers come up! Discover New Zealand PowerLuck results right here after the draws on Wednesday and Saturday nights. NZ PowerLuck draws mirror New Zealand Powerball draw results.
Powerball Draw Times
Powerball draws take place on Wednesdays at 8:20 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 p.m. (local New Zealand time).
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NZ Powerball prize divisions and winning odds:
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Division 1
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6+PB
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1:38,383,800
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Division 2
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6
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1:3,838,380
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Division 3
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5+1+PB
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1:6,397,300
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Division 4
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5+1
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1:639,730
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Division 5
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5+PB
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1:193,858
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Division 6
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5
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1:19,386
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Division 7
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4+1+PB
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1:77,543
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Division 8
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4+1
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1:7,754
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Division 9
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4+PB
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1:4,846
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Division 10
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4
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1:485
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Division 11
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3+1+PB
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1:3,635
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Division 12
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3+1
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1:363
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Division 13
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3+PB
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1:352
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Division 14
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3
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1:35
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Lotto Strike
Lotto Strike is a variation of Lotto. For an additional cost, you can add 4 Lotto Strike numbers to a ticket. The objective is to match those numbers in the exact order as the first four numbers of the Lotto draw.
There are four prize divisions in Lotto Strike. The top Strike Four! prize is awarded for matching all four of the first winning Lotto numbers in the exact order drawn, and the odds of winning this are 1 in 2,193,360. You’ll also win a prize for matching 3, 2, and 1 of the first four Lotto numbers drawn.
Bullseye
To play the New Zealand Lottery's Bullseye game, you select a 6-digit number between 000000 and 999999. If your number matches the Bullseye number exactly, you win the game's first division prize. You could win prizes in the lower prize tiers if your number is close to the number drawn. Prizes are awarded for being within 50, 500, 5,000, and even 50,000 of the Bullseye number.
The top Bullseye prize is a minimum NZ$100,000 and the prize, with 1 in 1,000,000 odds, is NZ$180,000 on average.
Bullseye Draw Times
Bullseye draws take place seven days a week at 6 p.m. (local New Zealand time).
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Keno
Keno is a part-lottery, part-bingo game with its own set of unique rules. To play Keno, you decide how many numbers to pick from a pot of 80 balls. You can choose just one number, or as many as ten numbers. Depending on how many numbers you choose, the odds and the prizes, will change. In addition to choosing how many numbers to pick, you also choose how much to wager.
Keno Draw Times
Keno draws take place 4 times a day: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. (local New Zealand time).
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Instant Kiwi
Instant Kiwi is the New Zealand Lottery's Scratchcard series and can be played in stores and online. They are games of chance, as clearly stated on the official website: "The outcome of a ticket is determined at the time of purchase and is not affected by the skill or judgement of the player." The games are offered in a variety of formats, at different game prices, with prizes as high as NZ$1 million in the Cash Extravaganza game.
The Biggest New Zealand Lottery Prizes of All Time
All of the below first division prizes were awarded in the Powerball Lotto game.
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1 (tie)
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29 February 2020
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NZ$50 million
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2
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1 (tie)
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15 August 2020
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NZ$50 million
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10
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3
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9 November 2016
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NZ$44 million
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1
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4
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20 October 2021
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NZ$42.2 million
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1
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5
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9 July 2016
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NZ$40 million
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3
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6
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16 October 2019
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NZ$39 million
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2
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7
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22 November 2017
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NZ$38 million
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2
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8
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24 June 2009
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NZ$36 million
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1
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9
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9 April 2011
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NZ$35.2 million
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2
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10
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28 September 2013
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NZ$33 million
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1
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How to Play New Zealand Lotteries from Australia
We hope you’re as excited about the Kiwi lotteries as we are! There’s no need to hop on a plane to Auckland or Wellington to buy tickets in person. Match official New Zealand lottery tickets through TheLotter Australia's online lottery supply service. Good luck!
TheLotter Australia customers are not purchasing tickets, or participating in nominated foreign lotteries. Our Lottery Supplier Service provides our customers with the opportunity to receive monies equivalent to official prize winnings in those lotteries, less any applicable taxes.