A Bathurst man has remained cool, calm and collected after discovering he scored $4.8 million in Set for Life declaring the life-changing win was “wonderful” but won’t change who he is.
The hard-working New South Welshman held the only division-one winning entry nationally in Set for Life draw 3416, drawn Thursday 12 December 2024.
He can look forward to a total division one prize of $4.8 million, paid in monthly instalments of $20,000 for the next 20 years.
Initially unaware of his life-changing division one win, the victorious man missed multiple phone calls from The Lott before finally checking his ticket.
“I’m very good. Thank you!” he laughed.
“Honestly, I’m pretty calm! I don’t think I’ll do anything to celebrate right away.
“I’m not sure what I’ll do with the prize yet. I’ll have a good think about it.
“One thing I do know is I’ll keep working.
“It’s funny when I went past the newsagency, I saw they had sold a winning Set for Life ticket, and I thought that could be me!
“I realised I had missed a couple of calls from an unknown number, and I thought that was odd.
“I finally checked my ticket and it’s great news.
“I had a nice syndicate win earlier this year so I’m pretty happy. I’m feeling lucky.
“It’s certainly wonderful, but it won’t change me as a person!”
The winning 5-game QuickPick entry was purchased from News N More Bathurst, Shop 20, Bathurst City Centre, 46 - 52 William Street, Bathurst.
News N More Bathurst owner Mark McManus said he and the team were thrilled to sell a division one winning entry in Set for Life.
“What fantastic news and what great timing, right on Christmas!” he said.
“We’ve sold a few nice prizes here in the past, but this win, $20,000 a month for 20 years, equating to $4.8 million, surpasses anything we have sold before!
“We’d like to congratulate our winner, and we look forward to selling our next big win, hopefully in the coming draws!”
The winning numbers in Set for Life draw 3416 on Thursday 12 December 2024 were 21, 39, 41, 9, 3, 44 and 8, while the supplementary numbers were 1 and 20.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Set for Life draw 3416 – one in New South Wales.
This marks the 146 Set for Life division one winner nationally since the game began and the 21 Set for Life division one winner so far this calendar year.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 426 so far in FY24, including 126 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In FY24, there were 12 Set for Life division one winners across Australia who will receive $57.6 million during the next 20 years.
By 30 June 2024, more than $131.48 million in monthly payments of $20,000 had been paid to the 130 Set for Life division one winners across Australia.
