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New Zealand’s newest Lotto millionaire is yet to claim winnings after the Super Saturday Lotto Powerball draw, in which one was winning ticket brought home NZ$24 million (US$14.88 million).
Mouth-Watering Win
Consisting of NZ$1 million ($620,000) from Lotto First Division and NZ$23 million ($14.26 million) from Powerball, the tasty jackpot will see the 17th billionaire in 2022 with one of the biggest wins. Till date. The mystery winner bought the lottery ticket at the Bell Block supermarket in New Plymouth. The supermarket manager is excited to meet him in person and wonders if he sold the winning ticket. “There are four of us working in the store, and I’m usually on the shift when most tickets are sold,” said Bell Block supermarket manager Jassi Singh, feeling it might have been his hand holding the lottery ticket the lucky ones handed over winners from
. For Singh, there is a personal touch. When one of the grocery store’s regular customers promised to take him on a memorable trip to Dubai, fly first class, dine at a Michelin restaurant and stay at one of Dubai’s finest hotels.
Latest Multi-Million Winnings
The massive Super Saturday Lotto Powerball draws win marks the last time Lotto has beaten a millionaire, shortly after a Wellington pair won NZ$16 million (US$9.36 million). According to the statement made by the Lotto communications team a week after the win was taped, the Powerball First Division winning pair were not lottery regulars: they used to buy tickets only when the jackpot was high and huge. That night was precisely the case, as the MyLotto jackpot was NZ$15 million ($8.78 million). Not surprisingly, he couldn’t believe his luck until the next day when an official confirmation call from Lotto NZ came through.
In mid-August, Lotto sent a lucky player from Kaikōura to cloud nine after his NZ$8.2 million (US$5.08 million) win made him the lucky 13th winner of Lottery of the Year Lotto First Division and NZ$8 million ($4.96 million) Powerball First Division.
The win came just a fortnight after the Lotto coined another millionaire after a lucky Lower Hutt player won NZ$6.5 million ($4.03 million) with Powerball First Division.
Reacting to the win, Videoslots Casino Director Henrik Enesund said that after winning a Dream Drop Mega Jackpot with Relax Gaming earlier in June, we are “absolutely delighted to now have another winner in IGT. Alesund had added that Videoslots could do so. Please don’t wait to see how this win will affect how people continue to play their games with exciting features.
