The commission took the unusual step of confirming the Cambridge plumber did not scoop last week's $16.3 million top prize in order to put an end to harassment he suffered as a result of false rumours.
Mr Suckling somehow emerged as the prime suspect over the past few days, despite going public to deny the rumours.
"I am happy to officially confirm he (Dave Suckling) is not the winner," commission spokeswoman Karen Jones said.
Mr Suckling agreed to go public on Saturday, declaring once and for all he was not $16 million richer.
He said yesterday he was pleased the commission had backed him.
"I thought it was a nice touch, actually," he told The Waikato Times.
Mr Suckling said the harassment he and his wife had suffered as the rumour mill went into overdrive was now waning.
"It seems to have, touch wood, died down."
Ms Jones said the act of confirming someone was not a winner was unusual but had been done before, more commonly when there was an internal family dispute.
As for the real winner, Ms Jones would only say he was "a hard working family man from Cambridge" whose preferred method of celebration was to buy $30 of Chinese takeaways the following day.
