With the Lotto Powerball jackpot sitting at a cool $30 million tonight there was no way Pam Webb was going to miss out on a ticket.
"I live in hope one day I'll win...you always think it's going to be the lucky one."
The Lynmore resident said if she did win she would have a holiday, help her children out and visit her grandchildren in Sydney and Korea.
Mrs Webb said she always bought a ticket, usually from City Books and Lotto on Tutanekai St.
The store's owner manager Kirsty Evans said there had been a steady stream of customers buying tickets since Sunday but not as many as may have been anticipated with the huge amount at stake.