A Kellyville couple are planning to retire early and travel the world endlessly after this afternoon discovering they won the First Prize in Sunday’s Set for Life draw.
The New South Wales players held the only First Prize winning entry in Set for Life draw 1466, drawn Sunday 11 August 2019 and take home $20,000 a month for 20 years.
The couple are the fiftieth First Prize winners since the game began in August 2015 and will fulfil their dream of becoming nomads.
While initial attempts to contact the registered players were unsuccessful, this afternoon a NSW Lotteries official finally got in touch with the pair to break the news.
“Thank you so much,” the winning woman laughed.
“We’ve been out all day, so we had no idea. I saw your email but I just thought we won a few thousand dollars, I never in a million years thought we won First Prize.
“We are feeling very excited. It’s surreal!
“It’s a big shock! We are a bit overwhelmed. You never expect to be the person on the end of this call.
“You bet we will be celebrating all week! Tonight we will go out for a fancy dinner and break the news to the kids.”
When asked how they planned to enjoy their prize, the keen holidaymakers said it would completely change their life.
“It’s really come at the perfect time,” the woman said.
“It means we don’t need to worry about money and can just do all the things we have wanted to do.
“We’ll share it with our kids. We want to look after them first.
“There will be lots and lots of holidays. We love to travel! We will be traveling all the time and exploring new places.
“We want to go on a big trip to Europe next. We’d love to see France and Italy.
“This speeds up our retirement too! We want to retire now and just spend our days enjoying time with our family or travelling.”
The pair, who wish to remain anonymous, purchased their winning 2-SET entry at Kellyville Plaza Newsagency, Shop 21, 90 Wrights Road, Kellyville.
Kellyville Plaza Newsagency manager Vijay Sarma said he was thrilled to have sold the fiftieth Set for Life First Prize winning entry.
“We were excited to hear that one of our customers won First Prize in Set for Life,” he said.
“I think it is such a great prize because it’s paid on a monthly basis.
“We will be sharing the great news with all our customers by putting up balloons and posters and celebrating this amazing win.
“Hopefully our lucky store brings more major prize wins to our customers.
“We would like to congratulate our winners and wish them good luck and happiness in their future.
“We have sold three major prizes in the last six years and we can’t wait to sell more!”
The winning numbers in Set for Life draw 1466 were 4, 21, 2, 20, 30, 33, 6, 34, while the bonus numbers were 1 and 22.
Across the country, the New South Wales winner held the only First Prize winning entry in Set for Life draw 1466 on Sunday 11 August 2019.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, there were 19 Set for Life First Prize winners across Australia who will collectively receive $91.2 million during the next 20 years.
For your chance to be Set for Life, purchase an entry at one of our official NSW Lotteries outlets, online at thelott.com or via theLott app.
To find out more about our Set for Life winners visit the Lott’s website at https://www.thelott.com/set-for-life/stories/set-for-life-winners.
