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An Urraween couple is celebrating their $546,000 Gold Lotto win by gleefully saying goodbye to garden chores, as they look forward to hiring a personal gardener every month.
The Hervey Bay residents held one of the 12 division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto on Saturday 14 June 2025. Each division one winning entry pocketed $546,068.41.
So far in 2025, the Wide Bay-Burnett region has celebrated seven major lottery wins, totalling over $19.17 million in prize money.
The winning entry was unregistered, which means officials from The Lott had to wait for the winner to check their ticket and come forward to claim the prize.
“Thank you! Thank you! I’m half asleep right now,” the winning man shared when an official from The Lott confirmed the windfall.
“We’ve never won anything in our entire lives. We’re in a lot of shock!
“We got home from the newsagency and couldn’t stop thinking about the win. We normally go to bed around 10pm but our minds were everywhere. I didn’t end up going to sleep until 1.30am!
“It was a very sleepless night thinking about the win. We’re just so excited.
“Hopefully we can have a longer sleep tonight!”
When asked how they plan to enjoy their winnings, the retired duo shared they’d thought about relocating, but the prize money means they can now happily stay in the home they cherish.
“We’re retired and were thinking of moving homes, but this prize is the second bite of the cherry and means we can stay put!” he shared.
“We don’t have to move, and we can now complete some maintenance around the house.
“We’ll definitely be hiring a gardener once a month, which will be a huge relief!”
The division one winning entry was purchased at Nextra Fraser Gateway Newsagency, Shop 22-23 Stockland Shopping Centre, 6 Central Avenue, Urraween.
Nextra Fraser Gateway Newsagency manager Kylie Bromhead said she was so excited to hear her outlet had sold another division one winning entry.
“I was so stoked! I had to rush back to the shop early in the morning to prepare celebration materials and share the news with the community,” she said.
“Our customers may notice our exciting news in-store or on our social media pages. Hopefully, more customers will get their tickets from the luckiest store in the area!
“The last time we sold a division one winning entry was in August 2024 and we’re so excited to have sold another one. This is our fifth major lottery prize in less than two years.
“Congratulations to the winning man and we wish him all the very best with his prize!”
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4581 on 14 June 2025 were 1, 28, 19, 6, 17 and 10, while the supplementary numbers were 35 and 14.
Across Australia, there were 12 division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4581 – four each in Queensland and Victoria, two in Western Australia, and one each in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 206 so far in 2025, including 46 won by Golden Casket customers.
In 2024, Saturday Gold Lotto created 149 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 316 division one winning Saturday Gold Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $400.2 million.
