Photo: ODT filesThe look on a supermarket worker's face will stay with a West Coast man forever after a Lotto ticket he checked in store turned out to be worth more than $5 million. In a statement, Lotto said the ticket was the last of three $5.08 million Powerball prizes which were won on the Saturday, February 14 live Lotto draw. "She calmly closed the Lotto counter and took me to the office where she said ‘you’ve just won Lotto,’ and showed me the receipt with the amount on it. Celebrations will come later, but that night, the couple marked the moment with a couple of chocolate biscuits in lieu of champagne. We just keep saying to each other ‘can you believe it?’""Our wishlist isn’t that long," said the man.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 24, 2026 21:35 UTC