A Maryborough man’s mundane Monday took a wild twist when he casually checked his TattsLotto ticket and realised he was sitting on an eye-popping $890,000 division one win.
The victorious Victorian held one of the six division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4517 drawn Saturday, 2 November 2024, and takes home a total prize of $894,879.56.
While the winner took two days to discover their good fortune, if they had registered their entry to a player card or online account, they would have been united with their prize earlier. Instead, officials from The Lott had been eagerly waiting for the mystery ticketholder to check their ticket and come forward.
“Thank you very much!” he exclaimed when an official from The Lott confirmed his newfound fortune.
“I’m so excited. I’m used to winning $22 on my ticket; this is next level.
“My partner and I have been out and about on the weekend, and I haven’t had a chance to check my ticket until today.
“It’s definitely a nice surprise for our Monday!”
With an unexpected $890,000 windfall about to land in his pocket, the blue-collar worker is ready to bid farewell to mortgage payments and fast-track his retirement dreams.
“The first thing I’ll do with the prize is pay off the mortgage and clear any bills,” he shared.
“I’ll invest the rest, and then look forward to an early retirement.”
The winning entry was purchased at Maryborough News & Lotto, 192 High Street, Maryborough.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4517 on 2 November 2024 were 18, 6, 42, 10, 1 and 3, while the supplementary numbers were 5 and 40.
Across Australia, there were six division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4517 – two each in New South Wales and Western Australia, and one each in Victoria and Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 385 so far in 2024, including 141 won by Tatts customers.
In FY24, TattsLotto created 158 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 291 division one winning TattsLotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
During this time, there were 291 division one winning TattsLotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
