A man from Wyee has confessed it “feels great to be a millionaire” after coming forward to claim his Monday & Wednesday Lotto division one prize three days after the draw.
The region’s latest millionaire held one of the two division one winning entries across Australia in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3822, drawn Monday 3 December 2018, winning the guaranteed division one prize of $1 million.
As the entry was unregistered, NSW Lotteries officials had no way to contact the winner with the dream-come-true news and had to wait for him to come forward and claim his prize.
Sharing his story with a NSW Lotteries official this morning, the happy winner revealed he had realised his win on Monday night after checking his tickets at home.
“I usually check my tickets every night as I take a few tickets every week for a couple of different games, and at about 10 o’clock on Monday night I got pretty excited,” he laughed.
“If I don’t seem that excited now it’s because it’s been a fair while from Monday to now and the news has sunk in.
“It feels great to be a millionaire! It is excellent! Thank you!”
When asked how he planned to spend his Lotto windfall the happy winner revealed he had spent a couple of days thinking about what he would do with it.
“To be honest, there is a reasonably sedate plan in place,” he confessed.
“Without a doubt we’ll be taking the kids and grandkids on a family holiday to England.
“We will definitely have the holiday, but there is no urgency to rush out and spend the rest in five minutes.
“In fact it will be the opposite – we plan to grow it! Believe me it will be put to good use!”
The million-dollar winning Monday & Wednesday Lotto ticket was purchased from Foodworks Wyee, Shop 5, Wyee Shopping Centre, 123 Wyee Road, Wyee.
Foodworks Wyee owner David Southwood said he was thrilled the winner had been united with his prize.
“We are very excited the winner has claimed their prize!” he exclaimed.
“It’s great to see it was one of our regulars and a local to the area.
“We wish them all the best for their win!”
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and Saturday Lotto have created 171 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3822 on Monday 3 December 2018 were 22, 40, 7, 44, 42 and 36, while the supplementary numbers were 31 and 37.
Across Australia, there were only two division one winning entries in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3822.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 165 so far this financial year, including 53 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, there were 73 division one winning Monday & Wednesday Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won $73 million.