20 May 24

First-time entry just the ticket for Canberra’s new Saturday Lotto multi-millionaire

Saturday Lotto
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  • A Canberra man is happily house hunting after bagging $2.5 million in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.
  • The ACT resident held one of the four division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4469 on Saturday 18 May 2024. Each division one winning entry scored $2.5 million.
  • Remarkably, the winning man shared his win was on the first lottery ticket he’d ever bought.
  • His winning entry was purchased at Metro Mitchell, 2 Callan Street, Mitchell.

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 20 May 2024 - 8:53 am,

first published at 20 May 2024 - 8:42 am

A Canberra man is happily house hunting after bagging $2.5 million in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.

The ACT resident held one of the four division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4469 on Saturday 18 May 2024. Each division one winning entry scored $2.5 million.

“This is one of the best days of my life!” the winning man exclaimed when speaking to an official from The Lott.

“I just bought this ticket on the spur of the moment. I’ve never bought a lottery ticket before.

“Then, on Sunday morning, I woke up and saw I had this ticket in my wallet, so I thought I’d check it.

“Oh sh**! I can’t explain the moment. I just can’t believe it.

“My first priority is to buy a house. I’m going to start searching for my first house now. I don’t need to worry about interest rates!

“Thank you! Thank you! This is just incredible!”

The man’s winning entry was purchased at Metro Mitchell, 2 Callan Street, Mitchell.

The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4469 on 18 May 2024 were 20, 32, 9, 43, 13 and 26, while the supplementary numbers were 14 and 34.

Across Australia, there were four division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4469 – two in Western Australia and one each in the ACT and Victoria.

The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 364 so far in FY24, including 122 won by NSW Lotteries customers.

In 2023, Saturday Lotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.

During this time, there were 303 division one winning in Saturday Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.