A Coolalinga family of six has been revealed as the mystery TattsLotto division one winners lottery officials had been searching for.
The Darwin residents held one of the 20 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4565, drawn Saturday 19 April 2025. Each division one winning entry pocketed $255,096.86. Each member will receive a payout of $42,516.14.
As the family had not registered their entry to The Lott Members Club, lottery officials had no way of contacting them and had to wait for them to come forward and claim the prize.
“It’s amazing news!” one of the winning family members said.
“We’re a family syndicate, so the prize will be split between about six of us. It’s a great boost for all of us.
“It was my mother who discovered we’d won. She checked the ticket and then came over to show me.
“We took a bit longer to come forward because we waited until after Easter, when all the family was together, to let everyone know. After that, we shared a couple of bottles of champas!
“It’s worked out really well. We’ve been playing for a while, but this particular ticket was just a QuickPick that we’ve been replaying for about four months.”
When asked how he planned to use his share, the dotting dad had his children front of mind.
“I’m looking forward to helping my children. It’ll be a great kickstart for them,” he said.
“It’ll also come in handy for my retirement.
“Thank you so much to everyone at The Lott.”
The winning entry was purchased at Unique Gifts and Newsagent, Shop 62 & 63 Coolalinga Central, 425 Stuart Highway, Coolalinga.
Unique Gifts and Newsagent owner Cheryl Whelan said she was thrilled her store had sold its first division one winning entry.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw we had a winner. I was so excited!” she said.
“We are a fairly new newsagent. This is the start of our third year. We’ve had a couple of second divisions, but this is our first time selling a division one winning entry.
“I’ve been celebrating by putting up balloons and telling everyone the great news.
“Congratulations to the winners and thank you so much for the support!
“I would also like to thank every one of our customers for all their support. Without you, we wouldn’t be here. Thank you so much.”
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4565 on 19 April 2025 were 28, 10, 44, 21, 19 and 14, while the supplementary numbers were 33 and 23.
Across Australia, there were 20 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4565 – six in Queensland, five in Victoria, two each in New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia and one in the Northern Territory.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 392 so far in FY25, including 144 won by Tatts customers.
In 2024, TattsLotto created 149 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 316 division one winning TattsLotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $400.2 million.