New car adds to Lotto haul

The man who bought the ticket said he wished to remain anonymous. Photo / NZME.

Hawke's Bay's recent success in Lotto has continued.

Two Bay people took a $500,000 share of the Division one prize in the May 2 draw, and Fiona from Napier spun the Winning Wheel for a $250,000 prize during the special Mother's Day Lotto draw on May 9.

On that same night a series of special draws for Mother's Day also took place, and among the prizes were 10 sparkling Audi A1 cars.

One of the $50,000 cars is now Bay-bound with a ticket bought at Te Mata Four Square in Havelock North among the winners.

The man who bought the ticket said he wished to remain anonymous, and added that he had bought two tickets, one for himself and one for his girlfriend.

"She was certain I'd given her the winning ticket and kept teasing me about how she was going to win the big one that weekend," he said.

But on the Sunday morning they sat down and realised they really did have a winning ticket in the house.

"My girlfriend sat down and checked her ticket while I pottered around, but she didn't win anything."

However, as they sat down for breakfast he had read in the paper that a winning ticket had been sold in Havelock North.

"So I went and grabbed my ticket just in case it was me."

It was.

"I checked the number over and over again and I couldn't believe I'd won, so I asked my girlfriend to check it too and she thought I was having her on - she refused to believe me," he said.

Their next stop was their local Lotto store to confirm the win and to put their minds at ease.

They had left smiling with the news that an Audi A1 was indeed heading their way.

"I'm absolutely blown away by the win," he said.

"It's incredible.

"And it couldn't have come at a better time - I'm just stoked."

Two Bay people also picked up a $10,000 prize each in the Mother's Day draw.

Lotto agencies across the Bay are gearing up for a likely busy Saturday of sales after the past two weekends had come up with big winners.

On previous occasions of big wins for Bay Lotto players, tickets sales went up, one agency spokesman said.