Unfortunately, it seems the last ticket was also a non-winner:



As mentioned in my previous post, I will be closing this campaign now. However, there is a chance that it might be reopened it in the future.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this campaign so far. This thread is now locked.

Unfortunately, the last ticket was also a dud:



Here is the ticket for the final draw happening on Saturday (August 22):



The current jackpot is $5 million NZD and the latest snapshot can be found here:

http://archive.is/ERHpZ

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Hi everyone.

I was a bit nervous and anxious about checking the results for the big "Must Be Won" draw on Saturday so I kept holding it off which is why I am writing this post a bit later than usual. This morning I finally mustered up enough courage to check the numbers and it seems that nobody in the country got all seven numbers correct. Since there was no Division 1 winner, the prize rolled down and ten people who won Division 2 shared the jackpot instead - with each ticket winning just over $5 million NZD:



My ticket, unfortunately, was not one of those ten tickets:



The jackpot prize has reset and is now back to what it was when this thread began ($4 million NZD). After the 22nd, I will be taking a break from this thread, and will be focusing on radio transmission of prayers and constructing neural network models for predicting lottery numbers instead. It's possible that this campaign could come back, but it is uncertain at this stage.

Anyway, here is the ticket for Wednesday's draw on August 19:



And here is the latest thread snapshot:

http://archive.is/ucL3v

I will purchase one more ticket for Saturday's draw on August 22. After that, I will be locking this thread. Thank you to everyone who participated in this campaign. While this might not the outcome that we had wished for, your support during these times has been greatly appreciated.


Thanks, you're in.

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That's a good idea. However, since the next draw is a special draw, I decided to play twice the usual numbers.

Here is the ticket:



I will be away from my computer for a while so here is the latest snapshot:

http://archive.is/FiEVH

If anyone wants to join this signature campaign between now and when the draw happens (Saturday, August 15 at 08:00 AM UTC), simply go to archive.is and archive one of your posts there. Any post on Bitcointalk is fine, since signatures aren't thread-specific and archive.is automatically keeps a timestamp of each snapshot.

Here is the countdown timer to the draw.

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Wednesday's draw will be happening in 8 hours!

The top prize is $43 million and is one of the biggest ever in the history of New Zealand. Here is the most recent snapshot:

http://archive.is/YFdTS

Edit: No winner again, unfortunately:



The next draw on Saturday will be a "Must Be Won" draw, where if nobody wins first division then the top prize ($50 million NZD) will be distributed to those in second division (or third division if there are no second division winners, and so on). If a single ticket wins the first division by getting all seven numbers correct (6 + Powerball), it will be the biggest win by a single ticket in the history of Lotto New Zealand.

Draw will be happening in 8 hours! The current jackpot prize is $38 million ($25.1 million USD). Only a few times in the history of Lotto New Zealand has it ever gone this high.

The most recent thread snapshot can be found here:

http://archive.is/ZC0SK

Edit: Unfortunately, no winner again this time:



The next draw (Wednesday) will be for $43 million ($28.4 million USD).

Edit 2: And here is the new ticket:

Draw is in 10 minutes! One of the largest jackpots ever in New Zealand history is up for grabs tonight!

Most recent snapshot can be found here:

http://archive.is/Gnhuw

Edit: Sadly, no winner again:



Edit 2: New ticket:

The next draw is in 8 hours! The jackpot prize is $19.9 million ($30 million NZD). The most recent thread snapshot can be found here:

http://archive.is/wuSgs

Edit: Unfortunately, still no win:



The next draw will be happening on Wednesday (August 5, 2020) and the jackpot prize will be $22.5 million ($34 million NZD).

Edit 2: New ticket:

Here is the latest snapshot:

http://archive.is/M8OnY

Draw is in 8 hours. Top prize is $17.3 million ($26 million NZD).

Edit: Unfortunately, no winner again this time:



Edit 2: New ticket:




Thank you for the offer.

I'm currently in New Zealand and while there are a few established labs and universities here, it probably isn't ideal when it comes to doing grassroots-style research. If I do win the Poweball jackpot, I might consider moving to the States once this whole COVID-19 pandemic is over.

Saturday's draw will be happening in 8 hours! The current jackpot prize is $15.3 million ($23 million NZD).

Here is the latest thread snapshot:

http://archive.is/Avubn

Edit: Unfortunately, no win again this time:



Edit 2: New ticket:

Draw is in 8 hours! Latest snapshot here:

http://archive.is/U34av

Edit: Unfortunately, no win again:



(Just realized I forgot to upload a picture of the above ticket before the draw. Oops.)

Edit 2: New ticket:




Once the prize jackpots to $33 million ($50 million NZD), it becomes a "Must Be Won" draw. So if nobody gets all seven numbers then the prize will be awarded to those from the next division down. This could happen in a month or two if nobody continues to win the top prize.


Kind of. It's a collective prayer to God based on the idea that the combined power of multiple prayers will be more likely to result in a successful outcome.

Draw will be happening in 8 hours! The current jackpot prize is $11.8 million ($18 million NZD).

The latest thread snapshot can be found here:

http://archive.is/dlwfa

Edit: And again, no win unfortunately:

Wednesday's draw will be happening in 8 hours!

Here's the latest thread snapshot:

http://archive.is/kEEUX

Edit: Unfortunately, no luck again:



Edit 2: New ticket:

Hi, try this short version:



Thank you!

Saturday's draw will be happening in 8 hours!

Here's the latest thread snapshot:

http://archive.is/z1bkV

The current jackpot is now a whopping $12 million NZD ($7.9 million USD).

I will update this post with the results once they become available.

Edit: Unfortunately, no win again this time:



Edit 2: New ticket:

Wednesday's draw will be happening in 8 hours!

Here's the latest thread snapshot:

http://archive.is/8XEil

Fingers crossed!

Edit: The results are in and unfortunately, my ticket was not a winner:





That's six duds in a row. Fortunately, 7 is a lucky number, so hopefully the next ticket will be a winner.

Edit 2: New ticket:

Saturday's draw will be happening in 8 hours!

Here's the latest thread snapshot:

http://archive.is/MH6xC


I am also working on making something similar to this using Python.

Edit: Unfortunately, no winner again this time:





Edit 2: And here's the new ticket:

Here's the latest thread snapshot:

http://archive.is/EkN0y

Plus some interesting stuff happening with stars that might be relevant:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzyez/a-massive-star-has-seemingly-vanished-from-space-with-no-explanation

Edit: Unfortunately, no win this time:





And here's the new ticket for the next draw happening on July 4, 2020:

Unfortunately, it seems yesterday's ticket was not a winner:



Here's the new ticket for Wednesday's draw:



Note: The next snapshot will probably take place ~8 hours earlier than the usual time (00:00 UTC instead of 08:00 UTC).


Thank you!

The Saturday draw will be happening in less than 5 minutes from now!

The most recent snapshot of this thread can be found here:

http://archive.is/oJouK


Only 10% of the prize will be distributed - e.g. the current draw is for $6 million NZD so in the event of a win, $600,000 NZD will be distributed to participants.