Store manager Natalie Gray (left), pictured with Laurel Caddick and Lyn Remnant, said there was much chat in store about who the winner could have been in Saturday night’s Lotto Powerball First Division draw.
The store in Milford Crescent was one of two places, the other being The Market Store in Twizel, to sell a winning ticket worth $2,833,333.
Ms Gray said staff at the Lotto stand were excited to know they had helped to change somebody’s life by printing a lucky ticket.
‘‘It’s got a few people talking in store today because it’s so close to home.’’
Saturday night’s winners are the first Powerball winners of 2021 and it was the second time in a row a lucky southern player had won.
Last week a family from Oamaru, who wished to remain anonymous, won $18.25 million after purchasing at ticket at New World Waitaki.
They vowed to help those in need.
