A man in his 40s from North Bondi has confirmed what many have already suspected – winning division one win Saturday Lotto is the “coolest thing in the world”!
The delighted man held one of the three division one winning entries across Australia in Saturday Lotto draw 3811 on 29 September 2018, with each winning entry taking home a division one prize of $1,345,546.88.
In addition to winning division one, the winner’s entry also won division two 6 times, division three 6 times, and division four 28 times, bolstering his total prize to $1,394,468.48
When speaking with a NSW Lotteries official to confirm his win, the winner described the moment he realised he was now a millionaire.
“My god! My god! Wow!,” he exclaimed.
“My wife and I were on the lounge watching TV on Saturday night, but we fell asleep. When we woke up, I got up to check my entry. I said ‘hon, come here’.
“She read out the numbers and I said ‘I’ve got that, I’ve got that, I’ve got that… I’ve got them all’.
“She asked what that meant, and I said we may have won thousands of dollars. When I checked my ticket on my phone, my phone exploded with confetti!
“We just sat there. It was just magnificent. My wife and I haven’t slept since! But that’s fine!
“It’s just the coolest thing in the world. I just can’t stop laughing.”
The regular Lotto player said he had marked his ticket using family birthdates.
“This is going to set our little family up for the rest of our lives,” he said.
“We will buy our own home and not have a mortgage – this just puts us 35 years ahead!
“At the end of the day, this is for our kids.”
The thrilled winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning ticket at Ben Buckler Newsagency, 35 Campbell Parade, North Bondi.
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and Saturday Lotto have created 140 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 3881 on Saturday 29 September 2018 were 10, 16, 9, 25, 13 and 2, while the supplementary numbers were 19 and 17.
Across Australia there were three division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 3811 – two from Victoria and one from New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 298 so far this calendar year, including 80 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
Last financial year, there were 290 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $302.7 million.
