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Hunt on for Lotto's $5.2 million Powerball winner

March 26, 2021
1 NEWS reporter Jordan Oppert has this story.

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A $5.2 million-winning Lotto ticket remains unclaimed, nearly a week after the winning numbers were drawn.

The winning Powerball First Division ticket was sold at Hornby Mall Lotto in Christchurch, but the lucky winner has yet to come forward.

“Lotto players keep their tickets in all kinds of places – even before they know they’re a winner," said Lotto's Kirsten Robinson.

"We hear stories of them being kept everywhere from wallets and gloveboxes to piano stools and jewellery boxes. The $5.2 million winning ticket really could be just about anywhere."

There have been eight Powerball multi-million dollar tickets sold this year, four of them in the South Island. 

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