New teeth top of Lotto winner's shopping list

A new set of false teeth is top of the shopping list of a retired Christchurch woman who won $352,146 in Saturday's Lotto draw.

"I've survived a World War and the Depression and have struggled to make ends meet for many years," she said.

"It will now be such a relief not to worry about the power bill. I can leave the heater on all day if I want."

The woman regularly watches the Lotto draw with her ticket in hand and thought she had only five winning numbers.

"The next morning I looked again and realised I had six winning numbers in a line," she said.

She shared the first division prize with ticket-holders from Westport and Waikanae, north of Wellington.

Unsure exactly what she'd won, she phoned a family member who told her to sit down because it was "quite a bit of money".

"It still has not really sunk in," the woman said. "I've never won anything in my life."

Buying tickets for an overseas trip and helping out other family members are also on the woman's to-do list.

- NZPA