No Spending Spree for $24.25m New Zealand Powerball Winner

The winner of a $24.25 million New Zealand Powerball prize says there’ll be no spending spree despite becoming a millionaire.

Described as a “family man” and a “regular player,” he’d bought his ticket from a Woolworth Wainuiomata in Lower Hutt while visiting Wellington. The purchase was made two days before the October 7 draw but he went the whole weekend without checking the results.

It wasn’t until Monday that he finally got around to doing that. That’s surprising because the lucky player admits that he had a “sneaky suspicion” that he had won the New Zealand Powerball jackpot. That’s even without knowing what numbers had been drawn out on October 7,

Then his suspicions began to grow. His family told him that the jackpot had been won in Saturday’s draw. Not just that but the winning ticket had been sold by the shop he’d bought his ticket from. Could he really be the jackpot winner?

Oh my gosh!

“I couldn’t wait to check it,” said the soon to be lottery millionaire. His suspicions were right and a store employee revealed that his ticket had won the $24.25 million jackpot. “Oh my gosh!” was his instant reply.

“I was jumping up and down. I didn’t know what to do with my hands and didn’t trust myself not to start screaming and shouting,” the New Zealand Powerball winner said.

He then rushed back to his family to tell them the incredible news and the tears began to flow. “They couldn’t believe it. We’re all so excited,” he recalled.

One step at a time

Now comes the task of deciding how to use his New Zealand Powerball winnings. He intends to take it “one step at a time” but ensure his family is looked after. He joked that there will be no “going to rush out and buy ten new cars or anything.”

He’ll be paying off his debts and making some investments, Then he’ll sit down with his family for a long chat about their exciting future.

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