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First Lotto draw

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This is the first Lotto draw, broadcast live on Television New Zealand on 1 August 1987. The first-division prize of $358,808 was split four ways.

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David Grant, Gambling – Lotto, pokies and casinos, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/39443/first-lotto-draw (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 3 December 2012.