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A North Otago family vow to continue the Christmas spirit of giving after discovering on Boxing Day that they had won Lotto’s $18.25 million dollar jackpot the second largest prize won by a Kiwi in 2020. Source: 1 NEWS
The family, who wish to remain anonymous, said they buy a Triple Dip ticket a few times a month but decided to treat themselves to tickets for the draws on both the 23rd and 26th of December.
While the first ticket was a dud, the second was life-changing. “Our minds are still spinning,” the man said.
“We heard that the winning ticket had been bought at the Waitaki New World in Oamaru, which is where we always buy our tickets, but had to wait until we got home to check ours.
Christmas has come twice for one North Otago family, who have become the country s latest multi-millionaires 29 December 2020
On Boxing Day the family, who doesn t want to be named, discovered they had won over 18-million dollars on Lotto Powerball - the second largest prize for 2020.
The family had treated themselves to draws on both the 23rd and 26th of December from the Waitaki New World in Oamaru.
That amount of money could also buy the winner a lifetime’s supply of Whitestone cheese, made in the heart of Oamaru. They could also buy a case or three of the Oamaruvian 18-year-old, 100-proof whisky from the Oamaru-based NZ Whisky Company.
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Oamaru’s New World supermarket sold the winning $18.25m Lotto ticket. The winner could choose to deck themselves and their family out head to toe in steampunk gear, especially since Oamaru is the steampunk capital of the world, according to
The Guardian. They would also have enough money to make themselves a tea pot to take part in the tea pot racing at the next Steampunk Festival in June.