20 September 2004
Four Of The Latest Winning Wheel Winners Identified. Search Continues In Gisborne And New Plymouth.
The holders of four of the six Winning Wheel serial numbers announced on the 18 September Lotto draw have been
identified says New Zealand Lotteries Commission Deputy Chief Executive Warren Salisbury.
The winning tickets sold at Kingsland Pharmacy in Kingsland, Auckland, Lotto & Wild Thingz in Shirley, Christchurch, Cromwell Paper Plus in Cromwell and 525 Mags & Cards in Tauranga have been validated and the winners will have their date to spin the Winning Wheel confirmed in the
next few days.
"Further details will be announced by the end of the week, but I can confirm that the winners are all local people and
regular Lotto players. They are all very excited that in the next 3-8 weeks they will be coming to Wellington to spin
the Winning Wheel," said Mr Salisbury.
The winning tickets sold at Lytton West Lotto & Post Centre in Gisborne and Westown Lotto in New Plymouth are still to be claimed
"We're asking everyone who bought their ticket for last Saturday's draw at either of these stores to check it against
the winning serial numbers as soon as they can," said Mr Salisbury.
Winning tickets are identified by the serial number which is located at the bottom right-hand corner of every Lotto
ticket.
Players can check their ticket by going to any Lotto store and running their ticket through a terminal or by logging on
to NZLC's website www.nzlotteries.co.nz and checking their ticket against the winning serial numbers.
"Once a ticket is identified by staff in any Lotto store, Lotto's Winning Wheel winners will immediately be put on the
phone to NZLC representatives in Wellington," he said. "Winners can also contact us directly by calling 04 802 7000."
"We've had a great response from players to Winning Wheel, and by having a bonus week we've given more of them the
chance to come on to Saturday's Lotto draw and win one of our cash or non-cash prizes valued at an average of $220,000,"
said Mr Salisbury.
The remaining Winning Wheel serial number details for draw 899 are as follows:
Store Town Serial Number Lytton West Lotto & Post Centre Gisborne 655 10159384 20XX Westown Lotto New Plymouth 655
07274507 20XX
The search also continues for the winning tickets sold in the past month.
Winning Wheel ticket serial numbers from previous draws still to be claimed:
Store Town Serial Number Raureka Lotto & Superette Hastings 626-27422219-20XX Schofields Paper Power Papatoetoe
638-38157825-20XX
ENDS