One ticket wins $23 million in Lotto Powerball jackpot

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One Lotto Powerball player has win the big $23 million jackpot on Wednesday night.

One Lotto Powerball player has struck the big $23 million jackpot on Wednesday night.

The winning numbers are 28, 8, 27, 24, 13, 35 bonus ball 40, power ball 3.

The winning ticket was sold at Orewa Lotto Plus in Auckland. The winner takes home $23,333,333, also sharing Lotto First Division with two other players who each take home $333,333.

Lotto Strike was won by 128 players who each took home $8,553 in a must win roll down draw.

The winning Strike numbers are 28, 08, 27, 24.

People reported having trouble checking to see if they are one of the lucky winners, with the MyLotto site and app seemingly overloaded by people trying to check tickets soon after the draw.

"Some players are experiencing issues when trying to check their tickets. We're working to fix this as soon as possible and apologise for the inconvenience," Lotto posted on its website.