“I was cooking a birthday dinner for one of my daughters when I remembered I still had my scratchies in my handbag that I had purchased earlier in the morning.
“I scratched the ticket and at first thought I had won $1000 and called my daughter over to have a look. She had a look and then said, Mum you drip, it’s $10,000!” laughs the winner.
The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a regular Instant Kiwi player and always purchases her tickets at Methven Supervalue.
“My friend had to drive me down to the shop to validate the ticket as I was shaking so much. When the girl that served me found out I had won $10,000 she started shaking too!, says the excited winner.
Methven Super value owner and operator Steve Ling was excited to find out that the store had sold a big winner.
“It’s great that a prize like this went to one of our regular local players,” says Steve Ling.
“We’ve just celebrated our first Lotto birthday as owner/operators, so it’s fantastic to have a big winner to mark the occasion and boost community morale,” says Steve.
The winner plans on spending her prize on a surprise visit to family in Australia and doing some Christmas shopping for her children.
