Lotto
Marc Wilson: The psychology of buying lotto tickets
Would you be more likely to buy a Lotto ticket for a $50 million draw or a ticket where you had ten chances to win $5 million? Audio
The Week in Detail: Lotto, rugby and local elections
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Lotto, rugby and local elections
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioBehind the story: Luck, loss and Lotto
The Detail talks to RNZ's Guyon Espiner about his investigative series on Lotto - have we bought into a dream that's turning into a nightmare? Audio
Behind the story: Luck, loss and Lotto
The Detail talks to RNZ's Guyon Espiner about his investigative series on Lotto - have we bought into a dream that's turning into a nightmare?
AudioMediawatch for 11 September 2022
This week Colin Peacock begins by looking at how media here and overseas reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second. He also looks at the reaction to a new government plan for Maori media -… Audio
Mediawatch for 11 September 2022
This week Colin Peacock begins by looking at how media here and overseas reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second. He also looks at the reaction to a new government plan for Maori media -…
AudioLifting the lid on Lotto
Lotto has a lot of players, but not a lot of media scrutiny in the media compared to forms of gambling - even at a time when our spending on it is soaring. A new investigation shows people who can… Audio
Lifting the lid on Lotto
Lotto has a lot of players, but not a lot of media scrutiny in the media compared to forms of gambling - even at a time when our spending on it is soaring. A new investigation shows people who can…
Audio$42m lotto winner rakes in second highest prize in history
A single winner has won more than $42 million in tonight's Lotto powerball.
Six60 fan appalled band lending its image to gambling
A Six60 mega-fan is appalled the band - which has a huge, young fanbase - has lent its image to a scratchie ticket, saying it promotes gambling to vulnerable groups.
A photo of the band adorns… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Jane Clifton & Richard Harman
Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman offer their thoughts on the past week's news. Covid-19 is once again at the forefront of our minds, and there are questions looming whether the… Audio
What to do if you win lotto
Most of have daydreamed about what we would do if we won Lotto. Jesse speaks to the author of 'Sudden Money and how to Handle it', Nick Crawford. Audio
Probability out the door with big Lotto prizes
Professor Marc Wilson joins the show to explain why we are so driven to buy lottery tickets for the 'big one', despite the fact the odds become even more astronomical than they normally are in weeks… Audio
Lotto Powerball prize has hit 42 million dollars
The Lotto Powerball prize has hit 42 million dollars - and kiwis have been flooding the luckiest lotto shops around the country in a bid to get that winning ticket. Audio
Surfer buys lotto ticket after being bitten by shark
Nick Minogue was told to buy a lotto ticket after he was bitten by a three-metre-long Great White shark while surfing at Pauanui Beach. He didn't win the big prize last night, but he has a decent… Audio
Should pokies be funding your local kindergarten?
Professor Peter Adams is posing that question as a way to get people thinking about how the community sector is being propped up by the proceeds of gambling. Once gambling was commercialised it… Audio
Levin local claims $6.5m Lotto prize after two weeks
A local Levin man has claimed a $6.5 million prize after finally checking a Lotto ticket he bought several weeks ago.
Lucky in Levin: $6.5m unclaimed after two weeks
Speculation about who has won a $6.5 million Lotto ticket has the Horowhenua town abuzz. Audio
Lucky Levin millionaire fails to claim prize
If you bought a Powerball ticket in Levin, just before Christmas, you might want to check it, it could be worth six point five million dollars. Audio