Big Wednesday is our mid week lottery game that offers you the chance to win the ultimate lifestyle. To be in to win, simply pick your favourite numbers and heads or tails or just ask your Lotto retailer for a Big Wednesday dip.
To play Big Wednesday, just pick your own 6 numbers and Heads or Tails by filling out a self-select coupon or choose an easy dip where the computer will randomly choose your numbers and Heads or Tails for you.
Choose your own numbers and Heads and Tails
All you have to do is mark 6 numbers and a Heads or Tails option on a self-select coupon. Each line of numbers and Head or Tail selection costs $1.00 and you must play a minimum of 4 lines, which costs a total of $4.00.
If you wish to take both Heads and Tails options for each line of numbers, you can do so by marking the 'Both Heads and Tails' box on the coupon. Playing both Heads and Tails for all lines costs an additional $1.00 per line.
Easy Dips
Alternatively, you can play an easy dip. There are three different easy dip options:
The computer randomly selects your numbers and Heads or Tails for you.
The computer randomly selects your numbers but you specify either Heads or Tails.
The computer randomly selects your numbers but you specify both Heads and Tails for all selections.
Multidraw
You can play your own selections or an easy dip over two, three, four, five or 10 consecutive draws by buying a multidraw ticket.
Big Wednesday Combo
Big Wednesday Combo is a fun and easy way for groups to play Big Wednesday. Big Wednesday Combo enables you and your friends to play Big Wednesday by combining eight, nine or 10 of your group's lucky numbers and Heads or Tails choice all on one coupon.
For more information about Big Wednesday Combo, refer to the Big Wednesday Combo information leaflet.
Many people like to play Big Wednesday Combo as a syndicate - check out our downloadable guide to syndicates for more information.
Second Chance Draw
In addition to the weekly Big Wednesday draw; there is also a weekly Second Chance Draw. Every Big Wednesday ticket has a serial number that is located at the bottom right of the ticket.
Each week one serial number is drawn. The ticket with the winning serial number wins the Second Chance prize for that week.
If the 'H' (Heads) or 'T' (Tails) on the first line (selection) of the ticket matches the Heads or Tails drawn, then the major Second Chance prize of $75,000 is won.
If the 'H' or 'T' on the first line of the ticket does not match the Heads or Tails drawn, then the minor Second Chance prize of $25,000 is won.
The major and minor serial number prizes are defined in the terms and conditions for Big Wednesday.
When Is Big Wednesday Drawn?
The Big Wednesday draw occurs every Wednesday night at approximately 8.20pm on TV1. Six numbers are drawn from a possible 45 numbers out of the Big Wednesday ball machine. Heads or Tails is also randomly selected. If you match all six numbers on the same line to those drawn from the ball machine and you have the correct Heads or Tails on the same line, then you win Big Wednesday 1st Division. Big Wednesday Results
How Do I Know If I’ve Won
Just watch the Big Wednesday draw on TV1 at about 8.20pm, every Wednesday.
Official results are also available at your Lotto outlet, on our website www.nzlotteries.co.nz, in many New Zealand newspapers, on teletext and by phoning 0900 90 900 (calls cost 99c per minute).
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