The Lotto over here is a little different to the UK, and me being the Geek I am, prefer to dabble only when it is offered in an online format, which it recently has been, there are three games, ‘One Big Wednesday’ which is a combination of money and assets - such as shiney new car etc… Then there’s the Saturday Draw, which is broken into three sections; $1 million lotto, $16 Million Power Ball, and $300,000 Strike. Finally there’s a daily play called Keno, prizes vary upto $1million depending on how much you stake, if you stake the minimum of $1 the max you can win is $250,000 not bad huh!.

Me being me, I entered tickets in all of these games last night for a bit of fun, and for my first forray into the NZ lotto world - Keno was drawn today, and I doubled my money straight away!!! with a whopping $8 win for matching 5 numbers =p

This calls for a celebration, I think some wine is in order!