An Albury man says he’s found himself in “la la land” after checking his TattsLotto ticket this morning to discover he won division one in the weekend’s draw.
The New South Wales resident held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 4001, drawn Saturday 23 November 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $577,792.94.
Confirming his win with a Tatts official this morning, the winner relived the moment he made the life-changing discovery.
“I still can’t believe it!” he laughed.
“I’m honestly just ecstatic. I’m in la la land.
“It’s incredible. I really can’t explain how I feel at the moment.
“I just went and checked my ticket and the staff at the newsagency told me they’d sold a division one winning entry. There’s no way I thought it could be me, but it was!
“I’m still in shock. I really can’t believe it!”
When asked if he’d be knocking off early today, the hardworking man said he’d see the day through.
“I’ll keep working, that’s for sure,” he said.
“One thing I’ll definitely be doing is taking a holiday.
“I certainly haven’t had enough of those over the years.
“The rest, I have no idea. I’m really going to have to think about it!
“It’s just amazing! There’s no other way to describe it.”
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning entry across the New South Wales border at Wangaratta Lotto Card & Tobacconist, 69 Reid Street, Wangaratta.
Wangaratta Lotto Card & Tobacconist owners Sara and Damian D’Agostino said they were thrilled for their local and regular customer.
“We are so happy for our winner, especially receiving this prize so close to Christmas, what a beautiful surprise!” Sara exclaimed.
“We have sold many division one winning entries over the years and it gets more exciting every time.
“We wish him all the very best with his prize!”
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and TattsLotto created 193 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4001 on Saturday 23 November 2019 were 14, 45, 37, 7, 30, and 25 while the supplementary numbers were 6 and 34.
Across Australia, there were seven division one entries in TattsLotto draw 4001 – two each from New South Wales and Victoria and one each from South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 342 so far this calendar year, including 114 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, there were 244 division one winning TattsLotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $286.6 million.