A Hampton tradesman has had the shock of a lifetime after discovering a week-old TattsLotto ticket tucked away in his wallet was worth more than $791,000.
The Melbourne resident held one of the eight division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 4629, drawn Saturday 29 November 2025. Each division one winning entry pocketed a total prize of $791,600.91.
If the winner had been part of The Lott Members Club and registered his ticket to a player card or online account, he would have already been alerted to his newfound treasure. Instead, officials from The Lott had to wait for him to check his ticket and come forward.
When speaking to an official from The Lott, the gleeful winner admitted he had no idea he’d won division one until he went to replay his ticket.
“Thank you very much! It’s all very exciting,” he exclaimed.
“It was so unexpected. I had no idea I’d won until I went to replay my weekly ticket at the newsagency.
“It’s a bit of a sunny routine I do without thinking, so when the team member said, ‘You’ve got a win that’s too big to pay out.’. I just went ‘Holy sh**!’.
“I had the ticket sitting in my wallet this whole time. It’s scary to think about because I could’ve easily lost it.
“We’ve been slowly processing it all, and don’t worry, I’ve taken plenty of pictures of the ticket!”
When asked how he planned to use his prize, the winning man shared that he would be wise with it.
“We’ll be doing the sensible thing. You know, talking to an accountant and investing it,” he said.
“We’d also love to do an overseas holiday, so I’d say that’s on the cards for next year too.”
The winning man purchased his ticket from Bluff Road News @ Lotto, 412 Bluff Road, Hampton East.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4629 on 29 November 2025 were 22, 10, 17, 5, 44 and 36, while the supplementary numbers were 3 and 11.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4629 – six in Victoria, and one each in Queensland and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 405 so far in 2025, including 165 won by Tatts customers.
In FY25, TattsLotto created 165 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 341 division one winning TattsLotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $420 million.