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Lotto tickets in hot demand

The ticket machines were on overdrive at Lotto shops as people queued for their chance to win Powerball's highest-ever jackpot of $34 million. More than 1000 tickets per minute were sold nationwide between 6am and 10am today.

What would you do with $34 million?

Mike Edgington's Lotto fantasy list starts off simply - "house, car, boat, and some for Christchurch".