New Zealand's biggest jackpot was won by "Irish Luck", a Masterton family syndicate of four people - sisters Fiona and Siobhan, Siobhan's daughter, and their mother - who used birthdays for the winning numbers.
They decided to go public about the win to avoid getting hassled but are keeping their surnames secret.
"It's big, everybody in Masterton already knows who it is, so it's better to get it out now," Fiona said.
The sisters said they had bought Lotto tickets before but this was their first Big Wednesday ticket. Neither had won a Lotto prize before.
"I was just getting into bed actually because I had to get up early this morning I thought, and Mum rang and said, Fiona I think our numbers are the winning ones..." Fiona said.
"I said 'you're kidding' and she said `no I'm not', and I thought she was just joking and after a while of going through the numbers a thousand times I had to go down (to her house) and see it for real and then I still didn't believe it."
They celebrated the win with wine and Irish whiskey left behind by the sisters' Irish father, who had died 10 years ago, and after whom the syndicate was named.
They were too excited to sleep and said they had been receiving texts and phone calls since last night.
The prize included $34,453,401 cash, an Audi R8, a Porsche Cayenne, $250,000 credit on an American Express platinum card, $250,000 cash towards luxury travel, a Four Winns V258 boat, and $750,000 cash towards a bach.
Their only purchases so far have been a football ball, with two of the children keen football players, and a few pints of Guinness.
Fiona, a nurse, will first pay off her $30,000 student loan, and both sisters planned to go to work tomorrow.
"I just want to be comfortable. It would be just nice not having that mortgage, not having that student loan, getting the kids their education, and having a family trip," she said.
Siobhan, who works in a bakery, said she could still shout morning tea tomorrow.
Siobhan has three children and a grandchild, and Fiona has two children.
While amazing, they described the attention that came with the win as scary.
"We're not going to do anything right now, we need a lot of time to think about it," Fiona said.
Her mother's long-time bank had recently turned her down for loan to buy a second-hand car.
"All my mother wants is still a second-hand little car," Fiona said.
Their mother had worked hard to put clothes on their backs when they were children because she had had nothing as a child, going to school in bare feet, they said.
"I said to her... I think people like us are just meant to work all our lives, we just don't win money," Fiona said.
The family also planned to give some of the money away to charities, although they would wait until the dust settled before deciding which ones.
"Of course things like the Westpac (Rescue) Helicopter is a huge thing for us because it comes over to the Wairarapa heaps for people, and mum wants to buy a new ambulance for the Wairarapa District Health Board because she travels in one so often," Fiona said.
The money will going into one account tonight, and will be shared equally among the winners tomorrow.
