Six days after the draw, the Essendon’s shopper Tatts officials have been searching for has come forward to claim their TattsLotto division one prize.
The thrilled winner held one of the ten division one winning entries across Australia in TattsLotto draw 3877 on Saturday 15 September 2018. Each entry took home a division one prize of $408,233.51.
As the division one winning entry was not registered to a Tatts card, Tatts officials had no way of contacting the winner with the dream-come-true news and had to wait for them to come forward to claim their prize.
How the mystery winner plans to spend their TattsLotto windfall will forever remain a mystery as they have chosen to remain completely anonymous and celebrate in private.
Tatts spokesperson Ally Ramsamy said Tatts division one winners often shared their winnings with those special people at the top of their Lotto List.
“Whether it’s family or friends, almost every TattsLotto player has a list of people that they can’t wait to share their windfall with,” she said.
“While some winners help their family members with house deposits, others take their friends on overseas holidays.
“While we don’t know how our winner plans to spend their prize, what we do know is that with their bank account about to balloon by more than $408,000, our Essendon winner can look forward to planning exactly how they will spend their division one prize.”
Ms Ramsamy also reminded players of the importance of registering their entry to a Tatts card.
“It is really important that you register your entries to a Tatts card and keep your details up to date so we can contact you directly with the good news in the case of a win!”
The winning ticket was purchased from Niddrie Central Lotto, Kiosk 2, Niddrie Central Shopping Centre, 383 Keilor Road, Essendon.
Niddrie Central Lotto store owner James Sutanto said he was thrilled to have sold another division one winning ticket.
“This is the fourth time one of our customers has won big!” he explained.
“We had lots of people coming into the store asking about the win and checking their tickets. All the customers were very excited!
“It makes me very happy that the winner has been united with their prize.
“I am ecstatic for them and wish them all the best.”
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday TattsLotto and TattsLotto have created 134 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 3877 on Saturday 15 September 2018 were 3, 7, 15, 44, 45 and 1, while the supplementary numbers were 26 and 34.
Across Australia there were ten division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 3877 – four from Queensland, three from Victoria, two from New South Wales, and one from Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 292 so far this calendar year, including 118 won by Tatts customers.
Last financial year, there were 290 division one winning TattsLotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $302.7 million.
