Two Auckland Lotto players win $20 million each in jackpot split

Two lucky Auckland Lotto players each won $20.1 million, splitting <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/07/25/lotto-jackpots-to-40m-tonight-how-it-stacks-up-to-other-big-wins/">Saturday night's $40 million</a> jackpot. The winning tickets were sold at Blockhouse Bay Postshop & Stationers and on MyLotto to a player from Auckland. The winning numbers were 1, 12, 14, 18, 22 and 29. The Bonus Ball was 32 and the Powerball was 8. Prizes are made up of $20 million from Powerball First Division and $111,111 from Lotto First Division. Seven other players took home $111,111 from First Division, with tickets sold in Maungaturoto, Auckland, Hamilton, Taupō, Napier, Wellington and Renwick. Five players won Strike Four, each taking $40,000, with tickets sold in Auckland, Waihi, Kawerau, Taupō and Wellington. Twenty-nine players from Dargaville, Auckland, Waitakere, Tauranga, Hamilton, Gisborne, Napier, Clive, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill each won $19,686 in Second Division. "Anyone who bought a ticket from any of the above winning stores should check their ticket as soon as possible in-store, on MyLotto, or through MyLotto App," a Lotto spokesperson said. The jackpot had climbed to $40m after going unclaimed on Wednesday night, making it the biggest Lotto prize on offer so far this year. It also edged closer to the country's biggest-ever individual Lotto win — the $44.06m claimed by an Auckland ticket-holder a decade ago.