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Feilding Strike Player Wins $700,000
31 December 2025
It will be a New Year’s Eve to remember for a lucky Strike player from Feilding after winning $700,000 with Strike Four in tonight’s live Lotto draw.
The winning ticket was sold at Woolworths Feilding in Feilding.
Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where the jackpot will be $5 million.
Meanwhile, three lucky Lotto players from Waihī, Ōtaki and Otago will also be celebrating after winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Paper Plus Waihī & Toyworld in Waihī, Ōtaki Post and Lotto in Ōtaki, and on MyLotto to a player from Otago.
Anyone who bought their ticket from any of the above stores or on MyLotto should check their ticket as soon as possible instore, on MyLotto, or through the MyLottoApp.
Lotto NZ’s Christmas promotion is now on, and this year there’s an extra $6 million in prizes to be won. There’s one prize of $1 million and 100 prizes of $50,000 up for grabs and all Triple Dip tickets bought between Sunday 14 December and 7.30pm Saturday 3 January will be in the draw with a chance to win.
Lotto NZ exists to return 100% of its profits to Kiwi communities through lottery grants programmes run by Te Puna Tahua NZ Lottery Grants Board.
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