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Proof: Where the winning $15.3m Lotto Powerball ticket was sold

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T23:11:52Z","headline":"Where the winning $15.3m Lotto Powerball ticket was sold","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/lotto-powerball-mylotto-player-from-auckland-wins-153m/YAQA3OMQ3NHU5BAZRYLVNEZWL4/","v":1}

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SHA-256

c613e3a872bc1442c17afcae39b38e4dc63db06f55467f1f1317a10e511d0d1a

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969777, mined 2026-10-03 23:34 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 23:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 23:13 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c613e3a872bc.json prints c613e3a872bc1442c17afcae39b38e4dc63db06f55467f1f1317a10e511d0d1a. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-c613e3a872bc.json and headline-c613e3a872bc.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-c613e3a872bc.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.