Single ticket from Waikato wins $1 million but powerball remains unstruck
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Single ticket from Waikato wins $1 million but powerball remains unstruck
A punter in the Waikato becomes the country's newest millionaire after winning $1m in tonight's Lotto draw. Photo / Supplied / Lotto NZ
A Waikato punter will have their bank balanced boosted by $1 million after winning tonight's first division Lotto draw.
But the bigger Powerball prize was not struck and now jackpots to $8m.
Tonight's winning numbers were 6, 16, 4, 37, 33 and 12.
The bonus number was 39 and powerball was 3.
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