Otago and Southland have come up as winners in the latest Lottery Grants Board handout.

The two regions have been allocated more than $2.2m between them.

A total of $189m is being distributed to community and statutory bodies this year, through lottery profits.

The New Zealand Film Commission, Creative New Zealand and Sport New Zealand will receive just over $80m to support their work.

Specific details about projects and time-scales for what this latest round of money will be spent on will be made available over the next few months.