The New Zealand Lotteries Commission named the Tararua district the luckiest district in New Zealand for 2011 and Manukau PAK'nSAVE was the Lotto retailer which sold the most prizes in 2011, with over 80,000 prize-winning tickets sold!
Whether you
believe in luck or not, it's great to see that our very own Manukau
PAK'nSAVE has taken the top spot in Lotto's "Top Ten Retailers
of 2011 - Lotto Family & Big Wednesday Total Winners (All
Divisions)" table.
Last year, the Manukau store saw a grand total of 81,920 Lotto
winners, making the store the luckiest in New Zealand in terms of
number of Lotto wins for the second year in a row!
Other Lucky Lotto Stores
PAK'nSAVE Riccarton and PAK'nSAVE
Dunedin also appeared in the top ten stores with 6th and
7th spots respectively. The top individual prize went to the Dannevirke New World (with a prize
of just under $18 million).
The Waikanae Beach and Murupara Four Square stores also made it into the
top 5 big wins of 2011 with prizes of $15.6 million and $12 million
each.
As far as districts go, the title of 'Luckiest Distrcit in New
Zealand for 2011' goes to Tararua, just east of Palmerston
North.
According to Lotto "Over $400 million was won in prizes on Lotto
(which includes Strike and Powerball) and Big Wednesday in 2011,
with 224 First Division prizes won around the country."
"More importantly, we transferred a record $183 million to the
NZ Lottery Grants Board last year, taking total transfers to over
$3 billion since Lotto began in 1987 - which provides funding for
sport and recreation, arts and culture, and community services
throughout New Zealand."
Congratulations to all Lotto winners and here's hoping you take
home a prize in 2012!
Note: Numbers based on Lotto, Lotto Strike, Lotto Powerball
and Big Wednesday all division results. Reference: Tararua
Luckiest Distrinct in 2011 by NZ Lotteries.
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