Saturday, March 31, 2012

Ticket won $26.5m Lotto Powerball prize


A alone ticketholder is about $27 million richer afterwards arresting gold in one of the country's better Lotto draws.

The champ will lay affirmation to the Powerball cost that saw Kiwis queuing up about the country for a attempt at about untold riches.

Te Kauwhata Foodmarket, based in tiny Te Kauwhata in the Waikato, awash the acceptable ticket.
"The buyer of the acceptable abundance was actual excited,'' said Lotteries backer Katy Atkin. "His wife was agreeable in the background.''

The town's citizenry is about 1,000 humans so they were delighted, Atkin said.
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The cost was fabricated up of $333,333 from Lotto aboriginal division, and $26,264,932 million from Powerball aboriginal division, authoritative it the third better cost anytime won in New Zealand by a alone ticketholder.

It jackpotted from an already ample $22 million endure week, and drew abundant bottom cartage to Lotto food about New Zealand bygone afternoon with sales up 20 per cent on accustomed levels.

Figures appearance that one champ of such a big cost was rare, but not absolutely out of the question.

In October 2009 an Aucklander absolved abroad with $22 million and the afterward October a additional Aucklander won $28 million.

In April endure year two people, one from Dannevirke, addition from Hamilton breach a $35 million cost in two.

There were aswell two added Lotto winners tonight, aswell acceptable a $333,333 allotment of Lotto Aboriginal Division. The tickets were awash at MyLotto in Auckland and Pak'n'Save Hastings in Hastings.

Strike Four was struck, with a advantageous champ from New Plymouth acceptable $1,035,186. The acceptable Strike admission was awash at Pak'n'Save New Plymouth.

Meanwhile, Kendyl and James from Pukekohe, spun Lotto's Acceptable Wheel and won $200,000 at the reside draw in the capital.

Tonight's Acceptable Wheel admission was bought at Countdown Greymouth in Greymouth. The consecutive amount is 406-08713539-20XX.

Anyone who bought their admission from any of the aloft acceptable food should address their name on the aback of the admission and analysis it anon at any Lotto outlet, NZ Lotteries said.

Meanwhile in the US, Maryland action admiral say a admission purchased in Baltimore County hit the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot tonight.

The acceptable Mega Millions numbers were 2, 4, 23, 38, 46 with a Mega Ball of 23. The multistate jackpot has developed to become the better anytime offered that could be won by an individual.

A California Action Commission agent said 29 tickets awash in that accompaniment akin 5 of the six acceptable numbers.

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