The winning $28.25 million ticket of Saturday\u2019s Lotto draw was sold at Grant Bros Homeware and Gifts in Gisborne. Photo \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought to myself \u2018that\u2019s nice, well done to them\u2019, and carried on with what I was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
After they pulled up their numbers, the excitement \u201creally started building\u201d.<\/p>\n
The winner took out his ticket and they checked the numbers together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey started reading them out to me, \u20183, 14, 16, 23 …\u2019 and before they could finish, I yelled, \u201831 and 34!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when we all started screaming, jumping and hugging each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said it would be a moment he would remember for a long time.<\/p>\n
After the family claimed their prize<\/a>, they gathered the rest of the wh\u0101nau to share the news.<\/p>\n \u201cI started telling them the story of what happened earlier in the day and then stopped and said, \u2018Well anyway, twenty-eight million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars later\u2026\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Seeing the expressions on his family\u2019s faces was very special, he said.<\/p>\n The man said he was taking time to let the news sink in before he made any big decisions.<\/p>\n \u201cI am incredibly grateful for this win. It puts me in a position to be able to help my family. To know that they\u2019ll be looked after, that they will be set up for the future no matter what, means more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n The win was the second-biggest Powerball prize won on a single ticket this year.<\/p>\n Gisborne store celebrates win <\/p>\n Homeware store Grant Bros, which has been around since Lotto\u2019s first draw 40 years ago, is also celebrating its biggest winning ticket to date.<\/p>\n Shop owner Renee Grant said they were thrilled for the city\u2019s newest multimillionaire.<\/p>\n Grant told the Herald<\/a> the shop\u2019s only other Powerball winner was in 2017 when a ticket sold at the store won $6m.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is substantially a bigger amount … it\u2019s definitely exciting, and we\u2019re so happy for whoever it is.\u201d<\/p>\n Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz said the district was \u201cbuzzing\u201d.<\/p>\n What to do if you win<\/p>\nOn Father\u2019s Day morning, unaware of a big win in Gisborne, the man said he was around at his relative\u2019s house giving him a hand. Photo \/ Lotto <\/p>\n