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Feeling lucky, 2008

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Feeling lucky, 2008

North Shore resident Trish Johnson holds up her Saturday Lotto tickets and Instant Kiwi scratch cards, purchased from Auckland's luckiest Lotto shop (Browns Bay Toyworld). She had already won $10,000 with an Instant Kiwi bought from this store and hoped to be lucky again.

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David Grant, Gambling – Gambling in the 21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39423/feeling-lucky-2008 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 3 December 2012.