Nag, Nag, Nag!

Posted on December 11th, 2008

We have all seen the stereotype of the henpecked husband and the nagging wife. The image of the nagging wife has provided fodder for comedians for centuries. Recently in New Zealand there was a case of a nagging wife but with an interesting twist.

In Auckland New Zealand a husband who did not want to be identified said that his wife had been nagging him to buy ticket for New Zealand’s lottery. The man bought the lottery ticket just two minutes before ticket sales closed. “My wife had been nagging me all week to get a ticket, so I when saw the Lotto sign. I sprinted in to get the ticket before they closed. I must have been their last customer of the night.”

The man stated that the couple had a couple of ‘rough’ years due to the loss of one income after having children. He discovered their newly won fortune thanks to his wife’s request for a barbecued sausage. Out shopping for bargains, the man said he didn’t have enough money to buy his wife the sausage she’d asked him for. So he decided to check his Saturday lottery ticket in case he’d won a small prize.

Much to his surprise the husband found out he was the jackpot lottery winner. “I could not believe it when they said I was actually the big winner,” he said. When he showed the printout to his wife, she initially thought they had won $4,200 (NZ$7,700). “When she realized how much it really was, she fell to the floor, and then said: ‘but all I wanted was a sausage.’”

The unnamed man stated, “I have never been so glad to listen to my wife’s nagging.” We should all be so lucky.

One of the most popular features of the New Zealand lottery is the ability of players to log on to the official New Zealand lottery website and make an online lottery purchase. Players can purchase online lottery tickets by establishing an account via credit card, of bank bill payment services. Players can then make an online lottery purchase with finds in the individual account. The online option for the New Zealand lottery has been very popular with New Zealand lottery players. Players can check the latest lottery results at the official website and can withdraw winnings and deposit them directly into their individual bank accounts. For lucky New Zealanders buying an online lottery ticket is as easy as 1,2,3.