A Brisbane man has this morning confessed he refreshed the Lott app hundreds of times on Saturday night to confirm he wasn’t just seeing things and was in fact one of Saturday Gold Lotto’s division one winners.
The Queenslander held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3917, drawn Saturday 2 February 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $574,474.92.
The man’s entry also won in division three 18 times and division four 45 times, rounding up his total prize to $593,640.42.
Confirming his exciting win with a Golden Casket official today, the Brisbane resident explained how he discovered his good fortune on Saturday night after checking the app.
“I saw on the app that I had won division one just after the draw, but I had no idea how much I’d won,” he explained.
“In the short time it took for the dividends to calculate and appear I think I refreshed the app hundreds of times, just waiting impatiently.
“When the dividends did appear I had to keep refreshing the page to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.
“Almost $600,000, it’s just so good isn’t it?!
“It’s a bit surreal to be honest, I really had to pinch myself!”
The winner revealed he’d been playing Saturday Gold Lotto regularly for years, always marking his entries.
“I play the same marked numbers every week consistently, without fail,” he said.
“For years, I’ve been hoping my numbers would eventually roll in.
“This weekend I was just so lucky!
“I’ll pay some bills and pay off my mortgage, then go from there.
“That’s the beauty of it, isn’t it? I’ve got plenty of time up my sleeve now.
“It’s just fantastic!”
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning System 9 entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.
Another Brisbane winner still at large
Golden Casket officials are urging all Saturday Gold Lotto players who purchased an entry at Nextra Mount Ommaney News to check their tickets.
A division one winning entry in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3917 was sold at Nextra Mount Ommaney News, Shop 59, Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre, 171 Dandenong Road, Mount Ommaney.
The winning entry is unregistered, so Golden Casket officials have no way of contacting the winner to break the life-changing news and is urging all players to check their tickets now!
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and Saturday Gold Lotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3917 on Saturday 2 February 2019 were 24, 12, 21, 5, 1 and 45, while the supplementary numbers were 15 and 2.
Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3917, including three in Victoria, two in Queensland, and one each in South Australia and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 227 so far this financial year, including 48 won by Golden Casket customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning Golden Casket entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.