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Lucky Lotto player wins a massive $24m in Saturday's draw

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New Zealand's latest Lotto winner could buy all the properties for sale in the New Plymouth suburb where the winning ticket was sold and still have some money leftover.

Stuff.co.nz website reported 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 purchase 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.

And the most expensive house currently on offer in the suburb is on the same street and is a brand new, three-bedroom home asking for buyer enquiries over $1.1m, the website reported.

Read the full report here.

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