29 July 24

Alstonville man eyes sunny shores with $950,000 Saturday Lotto win

Saturday Lotto
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  • An Alstonville man is ready to dust off his passport and pack his bags for a holiday or two after pocketing almost a million dollars in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.
  • The northern New South Wales resident held one of the 21 division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4489 on Saturday 27 July 2024. Each division one winning entry scored $952,380.96.
  • The happy man declared the win was life-changing and let out a loud “woohoo” when his prize was confirmed.
  • The man’s 50-game QuickPick entry was purchased at Alstonville Newsagency, Shop 2, 79-83 Main Street, Alstonville.

By Eliza Wregg

Updated 29 July 2024 - 9:06 am,

first published at 29 July 2024 - 9:06 am

An Alstonville man is ready to dust off his passport and pack his bags for a holiday or two after pocketing almost a million dollars in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.

The northern New South Wales resident held one of the 21 division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4489 on Saturday 27 July 2024. Each division one winning entry scored $952,380.96.

“Woohoo!” the winning man cried when his win was confirmed by an official from The Lott.

“This is life-changing – just life-changing.

“I’m so excited. I can’t tell you how excited I am.

“It’s unbelievable!

“Thank you, thank you! This is such good news for a Sunday morning.

“You’ve made my year!

“I’m going to pay off the mortgage and there will definitely be a holiday or two.  Fiji is sounding good right now!”

The man’s 50-game QuickPick entry was purchased at Alstonville Newsagency, Shop 2, 79-83 Main Street, Alstonville.

Alstonville Newsagency owners Ray and Maree Smith said they were delighted to discover their outlet had sold another division one winning ticket.

“It feels fantastic to know that one of our customers is going to experience such exhilaration,” Ray said.

“We last sold a division one winning entry in August 2022. In fact, 2022 was a great year for us as we also sold a 1st Prize in both Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot and Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot.

Congratulations to our winner and enjoy the win. I am sure it is well deserved, and it is a life-changing experience.”

The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4489 on 27 July 2024 were 4, 37, 45, 27, 11 and 20, while the supplementary numbers were 15 and 10.

Across Australia, there were 21 division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4489 – eight in Victoria, five in New South Wales, four in Queensland and two each in South Australia and Western Australia..

The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 252 so far in 2024, including 81 won by NSW Lotteries customers.

In 2023, Saturday Lotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.

During this time, there were 303 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.