Lotto: Numbers revealed for gigantic $23 million Powerball draw

  • 18/05/2024

The Lotto numbers have been drawn on Saturday night with an enormous $23 million Powerball prize up for grabs.

There's also $1 million waiting to be won in the first division, and $300,000 available in Strike.

Tonight's lucky numbers are 20, 40, 13, 31, 21, 22 and the bonus ball is 7. The Powerball is 7.

The last big win came in April, when a "modest" Wellington family claimed a life-changing $30 million.

The family, who wanted to remain anonymous, waited to check the ticket together, and watched as the animated draw circled their numbers one by one.

Suddenly they heard the winning music and their ticket was stamped $30,166,667 at the top. 

"We really didn't think it was real - why would you? We were so shocked and just kept staring at each other saying 'what?' 'How?'," the dad said.

The family are still coming to terms with their win, but plan to keep themselves grounded.

"We've lived a modest life and we don't plan to change our lives drastically," the dad said.

"We know what it's like to go through hard times, so this win will make all of our lives that bit easier."

It was the largest prize won by a single ticket since August 2023, when a Paraparaumu couple won $37.125 million.