A lucky Bay of Plenty local feels "like a million bucks" after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division.
The winner, who wants to remain anonymous, was holidaying in Auckland with a friend when she decided to by a Lotto ticket on a whim late last month.
"We were getting breakfast before heading home and I decided to splash out on a ticket - you always feel like you might buy a winner when you're out of town," the winner said.
After returning home, she didn't give her ticket a second thought until her friend texted her to see if she'd hit the big time.
"My friend was checking her tickets and offered to do mine at the same time, so I sent her a photo of my lucky ticket.