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2020 One Show - Film

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Agency DDB Group New Zealand / Auckland

Client Lotto NZ
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About the Work

Lotto players range from 18-108 with the bulk of their players over 45. Because of this Lotto tend to spend the majority of their budget on a big TV ad every year. In 2019, Lotto still wanted to reach these older players, but also needed to be more engaging and relevant online to the 18-35 market who don't watch traditional TV. So we created a Lotto ad that was also a Lotto ticket. The spot initially played on TV like a regular commercial, but a month after the release, we revealed to the media that just like a Lotto draw, 8 numbers were hidden throughout the 90 second ad. Viewers needed to find 7 to create their ticket to be in to win. The idea of searching for a ticket was also baked into the story of the ad, which was about a woman who loses her winning ticket. So as she searching, the audience was too. An interactive site turned the search into a game, and throughout the campaign clues were drip fed across social media and even the live National Draw on TV each week. You can search for the numbers at lostnumbers.co.nz