A Modbury man is counting down the days to retirement after winning over $1.2 million in the weekend’s X Lotto draw.
The north eastern Adelaide resident held one of the three division one winning entries nationally in X Lotto draw 3951, drawn Saturday 1 June 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $1,292,118.57.
Sharing his excitement with an SA Lotteries official this morning, the winner revealed he had been hoping to score a major prize for over three decades.
“Thank you so much! That’s so nice!” he exclaimed.
“It’s hard to believe it! I’ve been playing X Lotto for 30 years. I’ve won $20 or $25 a few times. Maybe once a month I would have a small win and the most I’ve ever won is $80.
“I’ve been playing all these years and I kept thinking to myself ‘when it is going to be my turn?’.
“I was always hoping to just win $1,000 or more but when I saw that I won over a million I thought ‘oh my god! My wish came true!’.
“I still don’t believe it! Until I see those numbers in my account I don’t think I’ll believe it.”
When asked how he planned to enjoy his new millionaire status the thrilled winner revealed he was counting down the days until he can retire.
“I am still working because I’ve got bills to pay and things to do but as soon as that money hits my account that’s it! I’ll stop working!” he declared.
“I’ll pay off my mortgage and share some with my family. There are a lot of people I want to share it with.”
The regular player, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his 14-game QuickPick entry at Clovercrest Newsagency, Shop 10 & 11 Clovercrest Plaza, 450 Montague Road, Modbury.
Clovercrest Newsagency owner Jason Bunting said he was very excited to hear his outlet had sold a division one winning entry.
“We are very excited for our winner and we hope to sell another winning entry soon!” he exclaimed.
“We will be telling all of our customers that we’ve sold a major prize and I think they will be happy to hear a local has won.
“We have been here for four years and this is our first division one winning entry.
“Congratulations to our winner on his win! We hope this is a dream come true and we wish him all the best for the future!”
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday X Lotto and X Lotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in X Lotto draw 3951 on Saturday 1 June 2019 were 25, 20, 6, 9, 27 and 31, while the supplementary numbers were 36 and 2.
Across Australia, there were three division one winning entries in X Lotto draw 3951, two from Victoria and one from South Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 151 so far this calendar year, including 11 won by SA Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning X Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.
More chances to win
There are more chances to win big this week with tonight’s Powerball offering a huge $12 million, while next Tuesday’s Oz Lotto has a mind-blowing $50 million up for grabs.
Tonight’s Set for Life draw offers players the chance to win a First Prize of $20,000 a month for 20 years – that’s $20K on Replay! Set for Life is the only game that allows you to play your numbers across seven consecutive daily draws – meaning you have the chance to win $20K on Replay every day of the week.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $70.84 million for draw 1342, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $1.54 million for draw 10293.
Tickets can be purchased at any licenced lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via the Lott mobile app.
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In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, 74 million winners took home a total of $2.7 billion in prize money from their favourite games which include X Lotto, Monday and Wednesday X Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno and Instant Scratch-Its.
