A Morphett Vale man is looking forward to fulfilling his life-long dream of catching a big barramundi with a brand new fishing rod after scoring division one in the weekend’s X Lotto draw.
The Adelaide man held one of the five division one winning entries nationally in X Lotto draw 4137, drawn Saturday 13 March 2021. Each division one winner takes home a prize worth $1,165,537.35.
Sharing his excitement with an official from The Lott this morning, the overjoyed winner confessed he had only checked his ticket moments before the phone call.
“I have a suspicion as to why you are calling. I just checked my ticket!” he laughed.
“I never usually check them. I normally just wait until I go into the newsagency to put on the next one.
“For some reason, I thought I would check it this morning. I looked at it, and I couldn’t believe it.
“I said to my wife, ‘we’ve had a win’. When she asked how much, I had to tell her to see for herself. I couldn’t get the words out.
“I’m feeling very excited and a bit teary!
“I play every week. I’ve been playing those numbers for about 10 years now.
“A few times, I thought about changing them because I hadn’t won anything big. I’m so glad I didn’t!”
When asked how he planned to enjoy life as a millionaire, the happy man revealed it had come at the perfect time.
“We’re only recently retired, so it has come at a good time of life for us!” he declared.
“We’ll do a couple of things around the house with it.
“We’ve been talking about buying a new car and a caravan for a while, but we haven’t really been able to do it.
“I’ve done a bit of travel, but we haven’t really been anywhere for a while so we think we’ll go on holiday along the coast and to visit some family.
“I think this will be my chance to catch a big barramundi finally.
“I might just have to buy a brand new rod to do it with!”
The stoked bloke, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning marked 14-game entry at Campbell’s Newsagency Morphett Vale, Shops 14 & 15, Southgate Plaza, Sherrifs Road, Morphett Vale.
The winning numbers in Saturday X Lotto draw 4137 on 13 March 2021 were 27, 17, 37, 15, 40 and 22, while the supplementary numbers were 2 and 4.
Across Australia, there were five division one winning entries in Saturday X Lotto draw 4137 – two from New South Wales and one each from Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 302 so far this financial year, including 31 won by SA Lotteries customers.
In 2020, Saturday X Lotto created 122 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 312 division one winning in Saturday X Lotto entries across Australia, which collectively won more than $355.13 million.