Kiwis have taken to social media to react after seven people split Saturday night's mammoth $50 million Lotto Powerball prize.
The gigantic prize was a must-be-won draw on Saturday - with up to 2 million tickets expected to be sold.
The winning numbers were: 22, 35, 10, 30, 21, and 37. The bonus ball was 5 and the Powerball was 2.
Seven Powerball tickets won a share of the $50 million Powerball jackpot, each scoring a total of $7,180,041.
If struck by one player, they would have become the biggest-ever lottery winner in Aotearoa.
However, the winnings being split across seven people has gone down well online, with Kiwis wishing congratulations to the new millionaires.
"That's way better than 1 winner," one person wrote on Reddit.
"I wish it was always multiple winners. That's so nice," another added.
"Just glad it didn't all go to one greedy sob," another Reddit user said.
However, there were a few people feeling bummed about the lack of bells and whistles on their tickets.
"Back to work on Monday," one person wrote.
"The dream has already crumbled for me. Just checked my ticket, didn't even get a bonus ticket and I had 2 triple dips in play," another said.
That dream has been crushed for others too.
"God damn, I know it's stupid but I really had my hopes up for this one. I am very very stupid, I know the odds of actually winning are so statistically insignificant that if it were anything else you could comfortably call it impossible, but I still spent the past couple of days fantasising about it," another said.
But for some, it didn't take tens of millions to satisfy.
"Won $23! First time I've ever won anything playing Lotto," one person shared.
"12 bonus lines… see yall at the top!" another said with a smiling emoji.
"I will be approaching banks tomorrow to get advice on my $30 winnings from last night's historical draw," another added.
Lotto said they'll reveal where the winning tickets were bought on Sunday - not Saturday like usual.
Powerball's maximum jackpot of $50m has only been struck twice before, both times in 2020.
