An Inner-Sydney man who always knew he was going to win big one day has awoken this morning as a multi-millionaire after scoring $3 million in last night’s Oz Lotto draw.
The New South Wales player held the only division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1574 on Tuesday 16 April 2024. He took home the entire $3 million jackpot.
The winning man was oblivious to his good fortune until an official from The Lott made contact with him this morning.
“Oh my god!” he exclaimed.
“I won it all? By myself?
“I can’t believe it! I was the only division one winner?!
“You know, I had a feeling so I just kept playing.
“I’ve always had a firm belief I was going to win one day. I’ve been having sort of ESP visions – so I kept using my little wins to buy the next ticket.
“I thought, ‘as long as I keep winning something, I’ll keep reinvesting it into the next ticket’.
“It’s so lucky I did random numbers. I was thinking about sticking to the same numbers, but then I thought it was best to stick to random numbers so that’s why I got QuickPicks.
“I’ve always told myself, if I win the lottery, I have my children at the top of my list. This will be an enormous help to my family.
“It’s amazing! Thank you!”
The man’s winning 50-game QuickPick was purchased at Queens Square Newsagency, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney.
Queens Square Newsagency owner Peter Wang said he was excited to have sold another division one winning ticket.
“That lucky ticket was sold from own hands!” he said.
“I’ve been selling lottery tickets for more than 20 years and I’m happy to have helped changed my winning customers’ lives.
“I wish this winner all the very best with their prize.”
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto draw 1574 on Tuesday 16 April 2024 were 17, 12, 28, 21, 13, 33 and 32, while the supplementary numbers were 22, 9 and 7.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1574 – the entry from New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 338 so far in FY24, including 114 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In 2023, 16 Oz Lotto division one winning across Australia collectively won more than $330.8 million.
During this time, Oz Lotto offered a $90 million jackpot – the second biggest in the game’s 30-year history – which was shared by three New South Wales winners.
Of the 16 Oz Lotto division one winning entries in 2023, six landed in New South Wales, three in Victoria, two each in Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia and one South Australia.
More chances to win
There are more chances to win big with Thursday’s Powerball offering $12 million, while next Tuesday’s Oz Lotto has $3 million 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 $16.6 million for draw 1662, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $890,003 for draw 10847.
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 Lotto, Monday & Wednesday 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.
