A Bay of Plenty man is in disbelief after winning $700,000 recently.

The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, found out in the early hours of Sunday morning that he had won in Strike Four for the draw on Saturday, February 10.

The winning ticket was sold at Te Puna Four Square.

“I saw online that someone won Strike from a ticket bought at the same store that I bought mine from, but I thought, ‘Nah, it won’t be me’, says the winner.

“Still, I thought I may as well check my ticket, so I pulled up the results and started marking the numbers on my ticket.

“When all four numbers lined up, I couldn’t believe it, so I scanned my ticket on MyLotto and got my family to double-check it. It was pretty surreal.”

The lucky winner claimed his prize in-store “first thing in the morning”.

He says the retail operator was “over the moon for us”.

With his prize safely claimed, the man is now looking ahead.

“We’ve started planning already.

“We want to make the money go as far as possible.”

But first?

“We’ll splash out and celebrate on Valentine’s Day – I’ll have to shout my wife something nice,” says the man.