World Scene: New Zealand

Lottery won by 'nagging'

A "nagging" wife who pushed her husband to buy a lottery ticket helped scoop the $4.2 million first prize. The Auckland resident bought his ticket just two minutes before ticket sales closed on Saturday.

"My wife had been nagging me all week to get a ticket, so when I saw the Lotto sign ... I sprinted in to get the ticket before they closed," said the man, who asked not to be identified. "I must have been their last customer of the night," he said.