Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Ohope, Kawerau and Taneatua are just a handful of places that sold winning Big Wednesday tickets for last night's draw.

Of the 209 winners that took out third division in the final draw, two of the winning tickets were sold at Maungatapu Stationers, one was sold at Bayfair Lotto and two from Ballantrae Four Square in Kawerau.

One of the 209 winners claim their Big Wednesday prize at Lotto NZ's head office in Auckland. Photo: Supplied.

Two winners purchased their tickets at Ohope Four Sqaure and two at Fuelstop in Taneatua.

The final Big Wednesday draw saw 209 lucky players collect a tidy windfall of $87,272 each.

As there were no first division winners, the entire $15 million jackpot rolled down to the Third Division, which was the next highest division with winners.

'We've never had this many winners of a First Division jackpot before,” says Emilia Mazur, Lotto NZ's GM Corporate Communications.

'There's a real buzz in the air today with everyone heading in-store to collect their prizes.”

Big Wednesday has finished to make way for Lotto, Powerball and Strike to be played on Wednesday as well as Saturday from next Wednesday (October 7).

Lotto NZ's advice for all of this week's Big Wednesday winners is to write their name and address on the back of their ticket and confirm their win at their local Lotto store.