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Planned system outage - 12 September 2026 | Our online services including myIR, self service phone lines and gateway services will be unavailable on Saturday 12 September, 2026 from 1pm to approximately 10.30pm while we complete a planned system update. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Lottery duty is payable by the New Zealand Lotteries Commission. The rate of lottery duty is 5.5% on the nominal value of all tickets in a game. The New Zealand Lotteries Commission also pays a problem gambling levy on all profits.

Returns and payments are due 14 days after the date that the lottery was drawn.

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Last updated: 25 Jun 2021
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