A Hobart woman has described her million-dollar Monday Lotto windfall as “surreal”, revealing her mum prompted her to check her winning ticket.
The Tasmanian player held one of the two division one winning entries nationally in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3928, drawn Monday 9 December 2019 and takes home the guaranteed division one prize of $1 million.
Confirming her win with a Tatts official this morning, the woman said she’d spent yesterday oblivious to her win.
“This is surreal,” she cried with happiness.
“Thank you so much.
“My mum realised last night. She knew what numbers I played and called me straight away. They are special numbers to me and even more special now!
“Then I checked my ticket online. I thought I was seeing things.
“I’ve been playing for years. I can’t believe it!
“I’m still waiting for the news to sink in.
“This is incredible!”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her win, the woman said she was ready to enjoy the best year of her life.
“I’m going to have to really think about it,” she said.
“I will definitely share it with my family.
“It’s certainly going to change 2020 for me, that’s for sure!”
The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her million-dollar winning entry at Cove Hill Newsagency, Shop 11, Cove Hill Fair Shopping Centre, Cove Hill Road, Bridgewater.
Cove Hill Newsagency owner Ted Slater said it was always special to see his customers win life-changing prizes.
“We are so happy for our customer,” he said.
“They are a local and regular customer who we have known a long time.
“We’ve sold plenty of division one winning entries over the years and it’s always so special to see these huge prizes land in our community and go to locals.
“Congratulations to her! We will know this prize will be truly life changing.”
Latrobe division one prize remains unclaimed
Tatts officials are still waiting to hear the screams of delight from another Tasmanian lottery player who scored division one in a TattsLotto draw more than one month ago.
The mystery winner held a division one winning entry in TattsLotto draw 3995, drawn Saturday 2 November 2019, taking home $1,666,666.67.
The player purchased their winning entry from Latrobe Newsagency, 90 Gilbert Street, Latrobe.
Tatts officials are urging anyone who had an entry in TattsLotto draw 3995 from Latrobe Newsagency to check their tickets.
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and TattsLotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3928 on Monday 9 December 2019 were 13, 23, 10, 11, 8 and 20 while the supplementary numbers were 21 and 40.
Across Australia, there was two division one winning entries in draw 3928 – one from Tasmania and one from ACT.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 355 so far this calendar year, including 131 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 69 division one winning Monday & Wednesday Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won $62 million.