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1News
17-07-2025
- Business
- 1News
Lower Hutt woman becomes a millionaire with bonus Lotto ticket
A woman from Lower Hutt who won $1 million from a bonus ticket has become the 30th millionaire of 2025. The MyLotto player "couldn't believe her eyes" on Sunday morning after receiving an email from Lotto NZ informing her of what she had won. "My first thought was 'this can't be real', you don't want to get your hopes up because you never expect things like this to happen to you," said the woman, who wanted to remain anonymous. She had to ask a family member to double-check for her and said she "wasn't sure what I was seeing was correct". "When she realised I had won a $1 million, she was so excited and started congratulating me, but I was still in disbelief, I just couldn't believe I'd won it… and on a bonus ticket too." ADVERTISEMENT The woman has been letting the news sink in and wants to use her winnings to invest in her future. "This win is security for me and my children and means I can rest easy. "Nothing is going to change in my life right now – though I might start splurging on coffees from the café instead of settling for instant." The winning Lotto First Division ticket was sold on MyLotto for the draw on Saturday, July 12. This year there have been 12 Powerball multi-millionaires, 12 Lotto millionaires, four Strike millionaires and two Instant Kiwi millionaires.
NZ Herald
04-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Lotto Powerball: Single Ashburton supermarket sells four winning Second Division tickets
They just missed out on Powerball's $6 million prize after failing to pick all six of last night's Lotto numbers. Powerball will now roll over to Wednesday's draw. Speaking to the Herald, a Woolworths Ashburton South employee said it wasn't the first time a winning ticket had been sold at their supermarket. Just last month, one customer returned to the store to claim a large cash prize won from an Instant Kiwi 'scratch-to-win' card sold in-store. They expected the winner (or winners) of last night's four Lotto tickets to collect their prizes from the store this morning. 'Luckiest' Lotto stores in New Zealand Certain Lotto stores have long been tipped as being 'luckier' than others, although Lotto previously stopped promoting this in its press releases after it was criticised by academics for misleading customers. In one of its last press releases on the 'lucky' stores, Lotto said Unichem Storford Lodge Pharmacy in Hastings had 'long held the title as New Zealand's 'luckiest' Lotto store', having sold at least 49 winning First Division tickets over the years. The Hawke's Bay store sells six times the number of Lotto tickets as any other store in the region in an average week. Richmond Night n' Day also has a lucky streak, with at least 35 people winning the First Division prize after buying their tickets from the Nelson shop. Other Lotto stores previously named among the 'luckiest' in the country include Christchurch's Pak'nSave Riccarton (33 First Division wins), nearby Hornby Mall Lotto (31 First Division wins) and Coastlands Lotto in Paraparaumu (33 First Divison wins).
