A Mornington dad’s last-minute decision to check his ticket while on his way to work this morning has yielded him a million-dollar TattsLotto shock.
The Melbourne man held one of the four division one winning entries across Australia in TattsLotto draw 4007, drawn Saturday 14 December 2019. Each entry won a division one prize of $1,048,502.09.
Speaking to a Tatts official moments after checking his ticket, the man confessed he was still reeling from the division one revelation.
“Oh my god!” he exclaimed.
“Thank you! That’s amazing. I never expected anything like this. Never! Never! I would have been happy with $10,000, let alone a $1 million.
“This is going to change things for sure for us!
“Merry Christmas! It’s lovely.
“I had no idea. I was just walking past the agent and thought I would check my ticket.
“I’m about to log in and work.”
The happy winner said he couldn’t wait to break the life-changing news to his family.
“They won’t believe me. I wind them up all the time,” he laughed.
“This is going to fast track our plans for retirement and travel.
“We had a plan but things will just happen a lot quicker now and I’ll be able to help my kids a lot.
“It’s amazing.
“It’s just hit me. It’s wonderful.”
The ecstatic man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning entry at Bentons Square News & Lotto, Shop 26, Bentons Square Shopping Centre, 210 Dunns Road, Mornington East.
Bentons Square News & Lotto owner Jeffrey Baldwin said he was happily sharing his outlet’s winning news with his customers.
“It was wonderful news. We haven’t had a winner for four years. It means so much,” he said.
“It’s a numbers game, but it’s lovely to have a winner.
“We are so excited!”
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and TattsLotto created 193 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4007 on Saturday 14 December 2019 were 39, 31, 40, 34, 9 and 1, while the supplementary numbers were 17 and 37.
Across Australia, there were four division one entries in TattsLotto draw 4007 – two from Victoria and one each from New South Wales and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 359 so far this calendar year, including 133 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, there were 244 division one winning TattsLotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $286.6 million.
