A Newcastle woman has confessed she initially didn’t look at all the digits and commas properly when checking her Saturday Lotto ticket and mistook her $1 million win for just $1,000.
The Novocastrian held one of the five division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4487 on Saturday 20 July 2024. Each division one winning entry pocketed $1,012,896.39.
“I checked my ticket last night!” the woman exclaimed when speaking to an official from The Lott.
“I first thought it was only $1,000 – I didn’t look at all the commas.
“I had to ring my sister as I just couldn’t read it properly! Wow!
“What’s funny is I don’t normally play Saturday Lotto, but I just decided to in the last couple of weeks.
“I’m just in shock. I can’t believe it. It’s always been a dream to win. This will completely change my life – put it that way!
“I’ve probably only slept two hours! I keep thinking I have to pinch myself!
“My first priority is to pay off the house and go from there – whatever the financial advisor tells me to do. I want a nest egg for the future.”
The woman’s winning marked entry was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4487 on 20 July 2024 were 31, 30, 23, 29, 17 and 25, while the supplementary numbers were 6 and 14.
Across Australia, there were five division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4487 – three from Victoria and one each from New South Wales and Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 231 so far in 2024, including 75 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In 2023, Saturday Lotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 303 division one winning in Saturday Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.