The phone lines between a group of old friends spread across the country are running red hot this morning after their decade-long private syndicate scored division one in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw.
The merry gang of eight held one of the four division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 3973, drawn Saturday 17 August 2019. Each entry takes home a division one prize of $989,632.50.
Sharing his excitement with a Tatts official this morning, the syndicate leader couldn’t contain his joy at the thought of breaking the news to his friends.
“Wow! Wow! Wow! That’s fantastic! This is a very good phone call!” he exclaimed happily.
“This is a syndicate we’ve been running between a group of old friends for years and years and years.
“You’ve completely made my day. I can’t wait to phone my friends and tell them! They will be happy!
“As soon as I get off the phone to you I’m going to go and yell my head off I’m so excited!”
The overjoyed winner revealed the syndicate of eight friends had been running for over a decade.
“Over 10 years ago we started the syndicate by all choosing a number and we’ve been playing that System entry ever since,” he explained.
“I’ve been telling them for years we’ll win it one day! “I’ll use my share to pay off some bills and I’m sure my wife will want to spend some of it too!
“This has just made my day!”
The syndicate leader, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased the syndicate’s marked System 7 entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and TattsLotto created 193 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 3973 on Saturday 17 August 2019 were 19, 23, 35, 6, 28 and 24, while the supplementary numbers were 38 and 29.
Across Australia, there were four division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 3973, three from Victoria and one from New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 239 so far this calendar year, including 101 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, there were 244 division one winning TattsLotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $286.6 million.
