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3 unusual facts about New Zealand Lotteries Commission


Jared Lane

His other significant contribution was to the New Zealand Cartoonists Collective's Millennium Project Nga Tupuna/Ancestors (an 80 page historical chronicle of 1000 years in the histories of two New Zealand families, one Maori, the other European) funded through a grant from the New Zealand Lotteries Commission's Millennium fund.

New Zealand Lotteries Commission

In April 2013 a Lotto advertisement featuring a dog stealing his owner's Lotto ticket because he ditched him for a cat faced a complaint at the Advertising Standards Authority.

It consisted of a First Division prize of $34,453,401 cash, an Audi R8 (RRP $265,000), a Porsche Cayenne (RRP $135,000), $250,000 credit on an American Express Platinum Card, $250,000 cash towards luxury travel, a Four Winns V258 boat, and $750,000 cash towards a bach; plus a Second Division prize of $696,795 cash.


Todd Scott

In 1997 and 1998, Scott co-hosted Lotto with Hilary Timmins and in 1999 appeared on the television show Wish You Were Here.


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