What would you do with $8.5 million?
It's a prospect we dream about when we buy a Lotto ticket and for one Rotorua Lotto player, that dream has become a reality after winning $8.5 million in last night's Powerball draw.
The prize is made up of $8m from Powerball First Division and $500,000 from Lotto First Division.
The winning ticket was sold at Western Heights Foodmarket, also known as Western Heights Four Square, on Brookland Rd.
Store owner Montu Kumar said he was excited when he found out about the win and hoped it was going to someone deserving.