A Tauranga woman has struck it lucky winning a new Audi S5 Coupe in a Lotto promotion.
The winner, who wanted to remain anonymous, was picking up fish and chips for a picnic dinner with friends when she passed a Lotto store and remembered she had a couple of tickets to check.
"I'd won a free ticket on an Instant Kiwi ticket so I popped into the shop to claim my prize - I was pretty pleased to have won something," she said.
"As I waited in line, I remembered I had a couple of Lotto tickets to check as well, so handed them over to the person at the Lotto shop to check at the same time.
"The next thing I knew they pulled me aside and told me I'd won a luxury car - I couldn't believe it and ran straight to the fish and chip shop to grab my husband."