Winning Lotto in car for eight months

An Auckland woman found she had won $1 million after checking a Lotto ticket that had been sitting in her car for eight months. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, bought her ticket from an Xpress Mart on a whim after stopping to grab some lunch for her and her son in August. ‘‘I popped the ticket in the glove box when I got back in the car – and then forgot all about it.’’ It was on a return to the same sushi shop eight months later when, after feeling compelled to clear out her glove box, she found the ticket and had it checked. The first person shewanted to spill the good news withwas her husband. ‘‘I wanted to call him straight away but I managed towait until he came home. When hewalked in, I blurted out, ‘I’ve got a surprise for you!’. ’’