The winning ticket was sold at Matamata Paper Plus, whose co-owner said she only found out their store had sold the big ticket when their daughter in Hong Kong messaged them via WhatsApp. Photo / GoogleThe owners of Matamata Paper Plus are waiting excitedly for the winner of the $8.25 million Lotto ticket sold at their store to come forward. It's the first Powerball ticket and biggest winning ticket the store has sold. A $4.5m Lotto ticket was sold in neighbouring town Te Aroha in January. Last night's winner is the sixth Powerball winner already this year and the win comes just two weeks after a lucky Christchurch MyLotto player scored a huge $22.5m with Powerball first division.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 13, 2021 23:59 UTC