A Cardwell local or visitor has started the week more than $443,000 richer after winning division one in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw – they just don’t know it.
The mystery winner holds one of the nine division one winning entries across Australia in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3887 on 20 October 2018. Each entry won the division one prize of $443,884.30.
As the entry is not registered to a Winners Circle card, Golden Casket officials have no way of contacting the winner to break the life-changing news.
The winning entry was purchased at Cardwell Newsagency, 83 Victoria Street, Cardwell.
Cardwell Newsagency owner Lisa Gruber said she was celebrating her outlet selling its first division one win since she took over ownership five years ago.
“It’s very nice. It’s our first one so it’s great to see a win in store,” she said.
“We’ve had quite a few people coming in to check their tickets and see if they’re the winner, but at this stage we still don’t know who it is or if the winner knows they’ve won.”
Golden Casket spokesperson Matt Hart said Far North Queensland’s latest division one winner could be walking around with a winning ticket in their pocket and not even know it.
“There are more than 443,000 reasons why Saturday Gold Lotto players from the Cardwell region should check their tickets today! Imagine how your plans for the week and your life may change once you discover you are now a division one winner!” he said.
“You may not think it’s possible that you could be the division one winner we’re searching for, but if you purchased an unregistered entry in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw that you haven’t checked yet, you’re in with a chance!
“We’re urging all Gold Lotto players to check their entries as soon as possible and if you discover you are holding the division one winning ticket, to contact Golden Casket on 131 868 to begin the process of claiming your prize.”
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto and Saturday Gold Lotto have created 146 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3887 on Saturday 20 October 2018 were 38, 14, 15, 42, 5 and 45, while the supplementary numbers were 8 and 22.
Across Australia there were nine division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3887 – two each from Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland and one each from Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 313 so far this calendar year, including 72 won by Golden Casket customers.
Last financial year, there were 290 division one winning Saturday Gold Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $302.7 million.