A Kilcoy couple who purchased a winning division one entry into Monday and Wednesday Gold Lotto more than two weeks ago have finally checked their ticket in Mount Isa to discover they won $1 million.
The ecstatic couple held the only division one winning entry in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 3821, drawn Wednesday 28 November 2018, winning the guaranteed division one prize of $1 million.
As the entry was unregistered, Golden Casket had no way of contacting the winner with the dream-come-true news and had to wait for the player to come forward and claim their prize.
The retired couple revealed they’d been out bush for weeks and were unable to check their ticket until their drive home to Kilcoy from the Northern Territory.
The woman contacted Golden Casket from a newsagency in Mount Isa after the outlet scanned their ticket and was notified of a major win.
When a Golden Casket official confirmed the couple had won a whopping $1 million, the ecstatic woman broke down in tears.
“You’re joking, you’re joking,” she screamed with disbelief.
“Oh my god, I can’t believe it.
“That’s wonderful, I have to go tell my husband, he’s sitting in the car waiting for me!”
The couple had no idea Golden Casket had been searching for the mystery millionaire for almost two weeks.
“We’ve been out bush visiting a cattle station in the Northern Territory, in the middle of nowhere,” she explained.
“We just stopped in at Mount Isa on our drive back to Kilcoy to get the paper and check the tickets.
“I just cannot believe this!
“I’m so excited I can’t think straight.”
The couple said they plan to play it safe with their windfall.
“We’re pensioners so we won’t be doing anything crazy with it, we will just try and help our children a little bit,” she explained.
“I go on holidays overseas every year, we always have to save so hard for our holidays, now I don’t have to save so hard anymore.”
The million-dollar winning Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto ticket was purchased at Clew’s Newsagency, 99 Archer Street, Woodford.
Clew’s Newsagency owner Andrew Clews said he was excited to hear that the winners finally checked their ticket.
“It’s so nice to know they’ve come forward and claimed their prize,” he said.
“It’s been years since we’ve sold a division one winning entry so it’s a relief to break the drought!”
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto and Saturday Gold Lotto have created 165 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 3821 on Wednesday 28 October 2018 were 38, 23, 30, 39, 2 and 44, while the supplementary numbers were 1 and 24.
Across Australia there was only one division one winning entry in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 3821 – the entry from Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 171 so far this calendar year, including 40 won by Golden Casket customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, there were 73 division one winning Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won $73 million.