A Coffs Harbour woman didn’t hesitate to wake her lifelong friends in the middle of the night, banging on doors and dragging them to her house, to reveal their private syndicate just scored $2.5 million in Saturday Lotto.
The New South Wales residents held one of the eight division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4559, drawn Saturday 29 March 2025. Each division one winning entry can look forward to $2.5 million.
The syndicate leader discovered the win during a late-night ticket check but struggled to believe her eyes.
“It’s amazing! It’s a group of us that won, and we’ve been friends for over 30 years,” she said to an official from The Lott.
“I checked my ticket in bed while I was trying to sleep. I had my glasses on, but I thought I was seeing double.
“I kept cleaning my glasses and checking again. Then I finally realised what I was seeing was right!
“I thought ‘Oh my god!’. I couldn’t wait to tell the rest of the group.
“I went around to all their houses, banging on their doors and waking them up. Then I brought them all to my place and broke the news.
“We’re all so excited. It’s incredible.
“We’re planning to go out for dinner to celebrate.
“It’s going to be wonderful seeing the money in our accounts. By then, I might have more of an idea of what I’ll spend it on!”
Their winning marked System 8 entry was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4559 on 29 March 2025 were 36, 3, 17, 1, 21 and 41, while the supplementary numbers were 24 and 30.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4559 – two each in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia, and one each in Victoria and the ACT.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 355 so far in FY25, including 96 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In 2024, Saturday Lotto created 149 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 316 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $400.2 million.
