20 Oct 2021

$42m lotto winner rakes in second highest prize in history

9:19 pm on 20 October 2021

A single winner has won more than $42 million in tonight's Lotto powerball.

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Photo: RNZ

It is the second highest prize in the competition's history.

The winning ticket was sold in the town of Pokeno, in Waikato.

The highest Lotto prize was in November 2016 when a single ticket scooped more than $44m.