22 December 22

Christmas comes early for Coomera woman after bagging $1 million Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto win

Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto
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  • A Coomera woman is full of Christmas cheer and ready to welcome the new year as a millionaire after winning more than $1 million in last night’s Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw.
  • The Gold Coast resident held one of the two division one winning entries across Australia in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 4245, drawn Wednesday 21 December 2022, and pocketed a total prize of $1,006,894.75.
  • The winning woman, who discovered her win after last night’s draw, declared her win was the best early Christmas present she’d ever received.
  • The winning woman purchased her System 8 QuickPick entry from newsXpress Coomera, Shop 8 Rededge Coomera, 133 Finnegan Way, Coomera.

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 22 December 2022 - 10:03 am,

first published at 22 December 2022 - 9:57 am

A Coomera woman is full of Christmas cheer and ready to welcome the new year as a millionaire after winning more than $1 million in last night’s Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw.

The Gold Coast resident held one of the two division one winning entries across Australia in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 4245, drawn Wednesday 21 December 2022, and pocketed a total prize of $1,006,894.75.

“I haven’t slept for longer than five minutes since I saw the win last night!” she exclaimed when confirming her win with an official from The Lott.

“Oh my god! I can’t believe this is real.

“I screamed my lungs hoarse last night, but I think it’s starting to sink in this morning.

“It’s the best early Christmas present I’ve ever received, and it’s going to change my life.

“I’ll pay off my car, help my family, and it’s going to set my husband and I up for retirement, which is absolutely incredible.

“We won’t rush out and spend it, that’s for sure, but 2023 is going to look very different now.

“What an amazing way to end the year. Thank you so much!”

The winning woman purchased her System 8 QuickPick entry from newsXpress Coomera, Shop 8 Rededge Coomera, 133 Finnegan Way, Coomera.

The newsXpress Coomera team said they were over the moon to have sold a division one winning entry so close to Christmas and wished their winner all the best for the future.

The winning numbers in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 4245 on Wednesday 21 December 2022 were 30, 9, 45, 4, 8 and 41, while the supplementary numbers were 24 and 26.

Across Australia, there were two division one winning entries in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 4245 – both from Queensland.

The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 416 so far this calendar year, including 97 won by Golden Casket customers.

In FY22, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto created 108 millionaires across Australia.

During this time, there were 122 division one winning Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto entries across Australia, which collectively won $121 million.