$13m Lotto winner having trouble sleeping

Comment #13

goldrush — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:47:50 GMT

The e-mail address to request an information/starter pack is:

Helen.Morgan-Banda@NZLC.co.nz

GOOD LUCK

Comment #12

goldrush — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:46:41 GMT

Did you know you can plays New Zealand lottery games by subscription?

There are no residency requirements.

The following e-mail I received, after I requested information on subscriptions.

Thanks for your email request for an information/starter pack.

I have referred it to Chris Archer in our Commercial Operations team and

I am sure that someone in her team will send this information to you promptly.

Regards

Helen Morgan-Banda

New Zealand Lotteries Commission

Comment #11

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:39:27 GMT

wish we could say the same here........

Comment #10

goldrush — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:32:05 GMT

By the way - all lottery prize money is tax free in New Zealand.

Comment #9

goldrush — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:29:58 GMT

The ticket for the Big Wednesday first division prize, the third biggest win in New Zealand lotteries, was sold at a Four Square in Thames but remained unclaimed until the man, who wishes to remain anonymous, took it into a Lotto shop to get it checked.

wishes to remain anonymous - that should be every lottery winners right

Comment #8

justxploring — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:17:39 GMT

It's 2 in the morning and I'm worried I won't be able to get up in a few hours for a meeting. So I signed onto this board and saw this article. Guess what? I was going to write the same thing you did. Although financial worries are a big factor, I wouldn't say they are the main cause for me. I get job offers and then I'm worried I won't be able to travel or sleep in a hotel or make it through the training because I collapse from exhaustion or my brain turns to mush after nights with no sleep. H... [ More ]

Comment #7

Korean Redneck — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:14:44 GMT

Congratulations to that man.

Comment #6

Littlemanjen — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:03:28 GMT

Chewie, I can always count on you for some sort of laugh, and/ or thought provoking comment. Good luck to you.

Comment #5

Chewie — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:55:37 GMT

I feel tonight will be my last good nights sleep before December. When I win tonight, I will be in a go-mode for a long time. Going from being in debt, to being a multimillionaire! WOW! I'll probably need a hundred Ambien

Comment #4

curt777 — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:50:08 GMT

Ya that WAS very cool and classy for the clerk to take them aside like that. New Zealand seems so cool. Like London with great weather! Cash AND Prizes! Now there's an idea who's time is long expired here in IL.

Good for him. He sounds like a real down-to-earth nice guy.

-Curt Little Lotto King

Comment #3

sirbrad — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:06:28 GMT

Scary, I don't sleep now and never have really for the most part. I have always been an extreme insomniac. I actually believe that if I hit the lottery for such a large amount that I would actually then be able to sleep better, as opposed to not being able to sleep. Most of my worries would be over, and all I would have to deal with was the whole lottery scene for a few weeks until it all blew over. Then my real paradise could begin. Financial worries is usually the main culprit when it comes to... [ More ]

Comment #2

starchild_45 — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:47:47 GMT

how can they call it powerball. doesn't the company here have some kind of copyright or they sold the name to the new zealanders

Comment #1

mylollipop — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:47:18 GMT

This is really a super story! And the clerks were so discrete. That was real respect! Now that is what I call a fantastic lottery, with cash and prizes. I believe there is a chance for the USA Lottery I dream of that would include all states and the benefit would be primarily for US disasters; and a specified portion for world disasters.

$13m Lotto winner having trouble sleeping

Lottery Post — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:06:01 GMT

A New Zealand man is having trouble sleeping after belatedly finding out he won $13.1 million in a Lotto draw last week.

The ticket for the Big Wednesday first division prize, the third biggest win in New Zealand lotteries, was sold at a Four Square in Thames but remained unclaimed until the man, who wishes to remain anonymous, took it into a Lotto shop to get it checked.

I had absolutely no idea that I'd won anything until I went and got the ticket checked and when it went through the... [ More ]