Wellington man wins $5m Lotto Powerball after friend sends 'good vibes to the Lotto gods'

This is the second time in five days that Powerball has been won by a MyLotto player. Photo / File

A Wellington man won $5million in Wednesday's Lotto Powerball after his friend joked about sending "good vibes out to the Lotto gods".

The man, who wanted to remain anonymous, talked with a friend earlier in the week about how great a Powerball win would be pre-Christmas.

"I was chatting to my mate after a bit of a rough week and said 'man, wouldn't now the perfect time to win Lotto - imagine the Christmas you'd have'.

"That's when my mate said, 'well, I'll send some good vibes out to the Lotto gods for you'.

"We had a bit of a laugh and I bought my usual Lotto ticket on MyLotto that night without thinking too much of it."

A few days later, their joking became reality.

"When I saw that someone had won, I turned to my flattie and said 'some lucky bastard's got the lot!'" the winner said.

"We talked about what we'd do if it was us for a bit, then I finally logged in and checked my ticket.

"All of a sudden I saw a cluster of numbers in the middle of my ticket and thought I might have been lucky enough to win Second Division. Then I saw '$5,000,000' pop up next to my ticket."

The winner couldn't believe his luck.

"I jumped up, turned to my flattie and said 'It's me! I won it!' She just stared at me blankly, so I tossed my phone at her so she could see for herself.

"We both just stood in the lounge absolutely dumbstruck."

He planned to spend some of the money on having a good Christmas.

"I'm going to make sure that this year it's really special. I won't be asking for any presents though - after all, winning $5 million with Powerball really is the best gift I could have ever received.

"All I know right now is that 2017 will be one hell of a year!"

This is the second time in five days Powerball First Division has been won by a MyLotto player, with a young Auckland woman taking home $10 million with Powerball last Saturday.

It is the 12th Powerball prize won this year.