When a Lake Macquarie woman received a message to contact The Lott, she assumed she’d made a mistake on her Saturday Lotto entry and never suspected she’d scored a division one prize worth more than $823,000.
The New South Wales resident held one of the seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4323, drawn Saturday 24 December 2022. Each division one winning entry scored $823,588.63.
The winning woman was completely oblivious to her good fortune until almost a week after the draw and burst into tears when the enormity of her prize was revealed by an official from The Lott.
“You’re kidding!” she cried.
“Oh my god! I only check my tickets every fortnight. I had no idea.
“I thought I’d done something wrong. I thought I’d put something in wrong and that’s why you wanted to speak to me.
“Oh, I don’t know what to do other than sit here and cry.
“It’s brilliant! You’ve made our dreams come true.
“I’ve been playing the same numbers for years. I don’t know why I stuck with them. They don’t mean anything. But they do now!”
When asked how she might enjoy her Saturday Lotto prize, the woman declared some long-held dreams were about to become a reality for her and her husband, including potential tree change.
“This is a sign of good things to come in 2023!” she said.
Her winning marked 4-game entry was purchased at Nextra Glendale, Shop 33, Stockland Centre, 387 Lake Road, Glendale.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4323 on 24 December 2022 were 4, 32, 8, 39, 7 and 24, while the supplementary numbers were 34 and 17.
Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4323 – two each from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria and one from Western Australia.