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. The lucky West Coast couple, who wish to remain anonymous, had no idea a major prize was still unclaimed in their area – until the man’s sister mentioned it in passing. "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. 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 25, 2026 01:21 UTC