An inner-city Brisbane woman has received a phone call she’s always dreamt of as she walked to work this morning with the news she’s started the day a millionaire.
The city office worker held one of the three division one winning entries nationally in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 3873, drawn Wednesday 29 May 2019. She scored the guaranteed division one prize of $1,000,000.
The woman’s morning commute was interrupted by a phone call from a Golden Casket official to break the life-changing revelation.
“Oh my god! My heart is beating so fast!” she cried with joy.
“Oh my god. I can’t believe this!
“I’m literally walking to work!
“Wow! I’ve dreamt of this phone call for years! Thank you so much!
“I literally can’t believe this is happening! This is so exciting! It’s incredible!
“Oh my god! One million dollars!
“I’ve been playing for years and years and years and I always knew I’d win eventually but I thought I would be in my seventies!”
The winner revealed after years of dreaming of this exact moment, she knew exactly what she’d do with her windfall.
“What aren’t I going to do!? Holidays! I love to travel! Maybe buy a nice little house by the beach,” she laughed.
“I can’t believe this is a reality now and I actually have to decide what to do with one million dollars.
“I think an early retirement could be on the cards! It would be great to even just work part-time!
“I’ve got goosebumps and I’m shaking and my heart is pounding.
“This is surreal! So surreal!
“This is the most incredible phone call of my life.”
The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her winning entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto and Saturday Gold Lotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto Lotto draw 3873 on Wednesday 29 May 2019 were 24, 26, 21, 27, 30 and 19, while the supplementary numbers were 40 and 45.
Across Australia, there were three division one winning entries in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 3873 on Wednesday 29 May 2019 – one each from Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 147 so far this calendar year, including 29 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 69 division one winning Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won $62 million.