A Hawke's Bay family has claimed the $5.2 million Powerball prize from the December 27 draw.
The family, who wish to remain anonymous, claimed their prize in Wellington today, after their ticket, bought from Waipukurau Paper Plus, scooped the jackpot.
"We're just overwhelmed, it's quite unbelievable," one of
the family members told NZ Lotteries staff today, while sipping on champagne to celebrate their good fortune.
"We'll just stick it in the bank for a while now and then maybe help out family, but there are no plans for any big splash-outs."
A Christchurch couple have claimed a $237,964 Lotto first division prize and said it means trying for a second child earlier than planned.
"We were going to get back on our feet after the first one, but now we are, there're no excuses not to try for baby number two now," said the man, who discovered he won when he checked his numbers online, but his partner took a bit longer to realise.
"I called out to her that she should come and see this, but she said she was having a shower, so I had to really stress that she should see this.
"Only a woman can ventilate, scream and cry at the same time like she did when she saw the numbers were ours," he said.
- NZPA
