An Auckland student is $20,000 richer after buying an Instant Kiwi scratchie to kill time.
Sam, who did not want his last name used, and a friend were waiting to board a plane to Wellington last week when they decided to buy a few $2 tickets at Auckland Airport.
"We scratched our tickets while we were waiting at the gate. My mate won $100 on one of his ones and he said he'd shout me drinks that night to celebrate, so we were pretty stoked," said Sam.
Little did the 18-year-old university student know that he was about to get a whole lot luckier.
"I scratched my Lucky Rainbow ticket and realised that I had all the letters for the bottom word - pyjamas.
"I couldn't believe it when I scratched the prize and saw that I'd won $20,000, so I threw the ticket to my mate and said 'I need you to check this, I think I've won $20,000'. We both sat there checking it over and over and getting pretty excited before I thought about heading back to the Lotto shop to collect my prize."