One of the two winning Lotto Powerball tickets worth $15 million each has been claimed by the Invercargill ticket holder.
Lotto NZ said it was still waiting to hear from the lucky winner from Wellington, following Saturday’s $30m draw.
The winning tickets were sold at Plaza SuperValue in Invercargill and on the MyLotto website to a player from Wellington.
Lotto gives players the chance to come forward on their own to experience their “winning ticket” moment.
After around two weeks of a prize going unclaimed, it begins to track down the winner.
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Online ticket winners who earn more than $1000 receive an email asking them to log in to MyLotto to check the value of their prize and fill out a claim form.
Lotto can see when a player last logged into their account and has all their details, and if it needs to reach out and advise the winner to check their ticket.
Lotto stores and the Lotto app saw a surge in interest as the $30m draw approached on Saturday, which was the highest jackpot since October last year.
The pair were the tenth and eleventh Powerball multimillionaires this year.
