A ticket sold in Paihia was one of two nationally that each won $500,000 on Lotto First Division on Wednesday night.
The winning ticket was sold at Paihia Four Square and had not been claimed by edition time.
A spokesman for the store said while it would be nice if the prize was won by a regular customer, the most important thing was that it went to a person most in need of the money.
Powerball was not struck on Wednesday and will be worth $7 million on Saturday.
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