A Burleigh Waters man was utterly gobsmacked to discover his special lottery numbers had delivered him a life-enhancing $690,000 prize in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
The Gold Coast resident held one of the seven division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4495, drawn Saturday 17 August 2024 and looks forward to a total prize of $697,041.32.
The winning man’s Monday blues were completely crushed when he received an unexpected phone call from lottery officials about his bountiful prize.
“Oh, thank you very much! I had no idea,” he gasped.
“That’s a complete surprise. I’m gobsmacked, shocked even.
“I’ve been playing for many, many years – always the same numbers.
“I chose them because they were coming up quite a bit in other draws, and I thought one day they might come up for me.
“I’m really shocked. I’ll have to have a deep think about this.
“Honestly, I’m not too sure what I’ll do with the prize just yet. It will be a great help though.
“You’ve made my day! Thanks for the great phone call!”
His winning marked 12-game entry was purchased at Treetops Plaza News, Shop 5, 7 Classic Way, Burleigh Waters.
Treetops Plaza News owner Jing Li said the winning news brought a lot of happiness to her team and the local community.
“We’re really happy with the news! We’ve been shouting it from the rooftops and letting all of our customers know,” she said.
“The last time we sold a major prize winning entry was last year in Saturday Gold Lotto and now it’s happened again!
“Every time we sell a ticket, we wish our customers the best of luck, with the hope that they pick up a major win.
“Congratulations to the division one winner and we wish them all the best with their prize.”
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4495 on 17 August 2024 were 23, 15, 41, 25, 1 and 3, while the supplementary numbers were 45 and 11.
Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4495 – three each in Queensland and Victoria, and one in New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 272 so far in 2024, including 71 won by Golden Casketcustomers.
In 2023, Saturday Gold Lotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 303 division one winning Saturday Gold Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
