An Oakleigh man has found himself thrown into a surreal state of dreamy disbelief and questioning his reality after discovering his ticket scored more than $690,000 in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw.
The victorious Victorian held one of the seven division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4495, drawn Saturday 17 August 2024 and pocketed a total division one prize of $697,041.32
“Thank you so much!” the gleeful man cheered when speaking to an official from The Lott.
“I’m shocked. I’m just really shocked.
“I checked my ticket last night and almost had a heart attack. I thought I was going to have to call triple zero.
“My family was with me, and we were speechless.
“I’ve barely been able to sleep. I kept waking up throughout the night thinking it was all a dream but then it’d hit me that it’s really real.
“I keep getting confused. Even now it feels like I’m stuck in a dream!
“Excuse my French, but we’ve had a really s*** year so this is truly incredible.
“My numbers are very special to me for personal reasons, so it makes the win even more delightful.”
His marked 12-game entry was purchased at Huntingdale News & Tatts, Shop 7-8, 292 Huntingdale Road, Huntingdale.
The winning numbers in Tatts Lotto draw 4495 on 17 August 2024 were 23, 15, 41, 25, 1 and 3, while the supplementary numbers were 45 and 11.
Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4495 – three each in Queensland and Victoria, and one in New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 272 so far in 2024, including 100 won by Tatts customers.
In 2023, TattsLotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 303 division one winning TattsLotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
