An Auckland woman's World Cup guessing game has turned into the chance of a lifetime. Mairangi Bay resident Rochelle Van Der Werff - who isn't a big football fan - is one of six Kiwis still in the running for a $5 million prize offered by the TAB.
More than 33,600 punters had entered the competition, which offers $5 million to the punter who guesses the outcome of all this month's games.
All six remaining punters are relying on Germany to beat Portugal this morning, so if the opposite happens, they will all be out before the pool stage is over.
Ms Van Der Werff, 26, a beauty clinic manager, decided to enter the betting competition after hearing about it through her "sports-crazy" boyfriend James Wells, 26.
She said she wasn't a big football fan and did not normally follow the sport. She watched the opening ceremony but did not recall all of her picks, which took only a few minutes to make. She believes she picked Brazil to win the Cup.
