For years a Mount Maunganui man believed he could not win Lotto - until he struck a $309,214 win last week.
The Mountie, who did not wish to be named, purchased his ticket from Paper Plus on Maunganui Road, which is also where he collected his winnings from the Strike Four.
The winning $309,214 ticket was purchased at Paper Plus in Mount Maunganui.
'I'd never met a Lotto winner before and I only had small wins myself, so I had to keep checking my ticket to believe I'd really won.
'The win is totally unbelievable – it's a real thrill. But I think the team at the Lotto shop were almost more excited than me,” the winner laughed.
The winner plans to spend some of the win on a tropical getaway.
'We were already planning on going on holiday in a few months' time, but now we can upgrade our tickets and fly business class,” explains the winner.
'This win is amazing, I'm over the moon!”
The winner shared last Saturday's Strike Four jackpot of $618,428 with a Hamilton player, who purchased their ticket on mylotto.co.nz
This Lotto Strike win rounds out a big week of Lotto wins for the Bay of Plenty after a MyLotto player took home $1.5 million with Lotto First Division, and two other locals are $16,560 better off after winning Lotto Second Division.
Fifteen Lotto players are starting their week with a healthier looking bank account after each winning $18,300 with Lotto Second Division on Saturday night.
The winning tickets were sold at the following stores and locations:
Store |
Location |
Kamo Lotto |
Whangarei |
Countdown Dargaville |
Dargaville |
Westgate Pharmacy |
Auckland |
Devonport New World |
Auckland |
Roberts Superette & Lotto |
Auckland |
Orakei Postcentre Superette |
Auckland |
New World Stonefields |
Auckland |
Countdown Manukau City Mall |
Auckland |
Southmall Lotto Kiosk |
Auckland |
MyLotto |
Bay of Plenty |
Plaza Lotto |
Palmerston North |
Coastlands Lotto |
Paraparaumu |
Bishopdale New World |
Christchurch |
Wainoni Foodmarket |
Christchurch |
Wakatipu New World |
Queenstown |
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