Bell Block and more for winner
Saturday’s $24 million Lotto winner could buy all 17 properties currently for sale in the suburb where the winning ticket was sold.
The country’s latest Lotto winner could buy all the properties currently for sale in the New Plymouth suburb where the ticket was sold – and still have millions left over.
One lucky player, who bought their ticket from Bell Block Supermarket, won $24m in Saturday’s draw.
Using asking prices and estimates from homes.co.nz, the cost to buy the 17 properties is around $18,344,000 – leaving the winner with $5,656,000 left over.
The cheapest house on offer in the area is two-bedroom brick unit on Parklands Ave, which is going for offers over $479,000.
The most expensive house is on the same street and is a new threebedroom home asking for buyer inquiries over $1.1m.
While no-one has yet claimed the win, Jassi Singh, a worker at the supermarket where the ticket was sold, knows who he hopes the winner is. Singh was busy selling tickets on Saturday when someone said ‘‘if I win the 24 million, I’m taking you on a date’’.
‘‘And I’m like, ‘Oh, wow, where are we going?’ (and they said) ‘We’re going to Dubai to a Michelinstar restaurant’, so if that lady’s the winner she needs to come and see me,’’ Singh said on Sunday.