Melissa Nightingale headed over to the Wainuiomata Woolworths supermarket, which sold the winning $24m Lotto ticket, and asks shoppers how they think the money could be spent.
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A HamiltonLotto player is in the money after Wednesday night’s draw.
The lucky punter, who bought their ticket at Countdown Dinsdale, was one of 13 second division winners, each picking up a prize of $15,227.
One player from Wellsford also won second divisionPowerball, taking their winnings to $27,694.
The other second division winners were in Auckland, Gisborne, Whanganui, Paraparaumu, Lower Hutt, Christchurch and Queenstown.
Meanwhile, a Christchurch player has won $1 million in Lotto first division.
The $500,000 ticket was sold at Victoria Station in Cambridge.
It was the second time in days a Waikato player landed a large prize.
A ticket bought in Ngāruawāhia for the previous Saturday night’s draw won $333,333 in Lotto first division.
Thirteen players including a Morrinsville player won second division last Wednesday, each picking up $13,435.
The Morrinsville ticket was sold at Paper Plus Morrinsville. In early September Paper Plus Morrinsville sold winning second division tickets two draws in a row.
