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Port Chalmers man feeling 'quite remarkable' after $1m Lotto win

Otago Daily Times Online News·Monday, 4 May 2026·29 days ago
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A Port Chalmers man says he carried a $1 million Lotto ticket around in his wallet for a week while he let the magnitude of the prize sink in. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, has been playing Lotto since the very first draw in 1987, and is a regular customer at the Windsor On The Spot Express store in Port Chalmers. "I’ve been buying my tickets from that shop for over 20 years," said the man. "I nearly didn’t buy my ticket that day though – there was an event on in Port Chalmers and the shop was the busiest I’ve ever seen it, so when I saw the queue I nearly turned and walked away. I’m really glad didn’t," he laughed. The man doesn’t have a set way of playing – sometimes he chooses his own numbers, other times he grabs a dip ticket with random numbers. This time, a small win from the previous draw nudged him into buying a Power Dip. He found out that he had won a day after the draw, when he sat down to check his ticket.…

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