The owners of a Whakatāne store think they might have the “lucky touch” after selling the winning $8.3 million ticket this weekend.
Sophie Fang from Whakatāne’s Halfway Store said she started “screaming” when she realised they sold the winning ticket. She hoped the lucky punter was a local.
One lucky Lotto player won $8.3m in Saturday’s draw, made up of Powerball’s $8m plus a one-third share of Division One’s million dollars.
It’s not the store’s first big win, with the family store selling the winning $12.25m ticket last June - the store’s biggest winning ticket.
Fang was at home when she got the news from a staff member, to which she excitedly responded: “Really? Oh my goodness.”