There's a $24 million windfall on the way for a lottery player who bought a Powerball ticket in Rotorua this week.

They scoop $23.8 million from Powerball and an extra half-million from Lotto's first division.

The ticket was sold at Springfield Superette, and store-owner Raj Kumar was thrilled.

"This is a big buzz. We've sold tickets for big amounts before - we've sold $1m before - but to have sold $24m is amazing," he said.

"I always dreamed about selling something this big. That'll be a blast for whoever wins it.

It's the seventh time this year that a lucky player has scooped the top Powerball prize. In late March, a Lotto player from Auckland won $9.1m and decided to spend some of their winnings on "random acts of kindness".

In August 2014, a Christchurch man won a $14.3m Powerball prize and called his boss to say "I quit".

He then excitedly told an airport security guard and other passengers getting on his plane about the massive windfall before flying to Auckland to present his ticket.

In April 2012, supermarket worker Trevor Cooper scooped a $27m Lotto win.

He has since invested heavily in real estate and has been chasing his motorsport dream, racing karts, speedway and off-road racers in the US.

In October 2010, a pig-hunting Papakura father won $28.7m via Lotto Powerball.