A bleary-eyed Redlands man woke with a shock this morning, answering the phone to discover he’d bagged more than $600,000 in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
The Queenslander held one of the eight division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4449 on Saturday 9 March 2024. Each division one winning entry scored $620,369.07.
“I can’t believe this!” the winning man gasped when an official from The Lott called him to relay the winning news.
“I’ve had a lot of troubles in my life lately and it’s been difficult to push through.
“This is going to change everything!
“I always hoped you’d call. Every time the phone rang on a Monday morning, I thought, ‘this could be it’.
“This morning, I didn’t even think about it! How amazing is that!
“I’ll be house hunting before you know it mate! It’s long been a goal I wanted to tick and this just makes it possible.
“Thank you so much, I’m over the moon.”
His marked 4-game entry was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4449 on 9 March 2024 were 11, 25, 17, 3, 2 and 31, while the supplementary numbers were 15 and 24.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4449 – four in Victoria, three in Queensland, and one in New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 299 so far in FY24, including 71 won by Golden Casket customers.
In 2023, Saturday Gold Lotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 303 division one winning in Saturday Gold Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
More chances to win
There are more chances to win big with Tuesday’s Oz Lotto offering $15 million, while Thursday’s Powerball has $40 up for grabs.
Tonight’s Set for Life draw offers players the chance to win a division one prize of $20,000 a month for 20 years – that’s $20K on Replay! Set for Life is the only game that allows you to play your numbers across seven consecutive daily draws – meaning you have the chance to win $20K on Replay every day of the week.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $14.2 million for draw 1652, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $500,000 for draw 10842.
Tickets can be purchased at any licenced lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via The Lott mobile app.
The official home of Australia’s lotteries, The Lott operates and markets Australia’s leading lottery games customers know and love creating everyday winners, winning every day.
In 2023, more than 122.7 million wins took home more than $3.76 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Gold Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno (SA), Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s Official Lotteries contributed more than $1.6 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
