The London Superette in Panmure, Auckland, sold a Powerball ticket that was one number short of the big prize. Image / Google
The London Superette in Panmure, Auckland, sold a Powerball ticket that was one number short of the big prize. Image / Google
Lucky or slightly unlucky?
One Lotto winner is no doubt celebrating a big win in last night's big $38 million Powerball draw, after picking up $59,322 in Powerball Second Division.
But it might also be a day of dreaming about what could have been - with their winning ticket beingjust one number short of the top Powerball prize that would have seen them take a slice of the $38 million pie.
The Porchester Rd Superette in Papakura, South Auckland, is one of four stores around the country celebrating selling one of those Lotto First Division tickets. The fifth was purchased online.
Owner of that shop, Ramesh Patel, said he only found out about their big prize after his wife told him this morning.
"We're going to put the sign up soon,'' he laughed.
The last time they sold a big prize was in 2016, when a ticket won First Division.
Two other South Auckland Lotto retailers sold lucky Lotto First Division tickets - one at the New World Southmall in Manurewa and the other at the Countdown supermarket inside the Westfield Manukau City shopping centre.
