24 April 19

North Lakes manufacturers’ building new dreams with $4 million Saturday Gold Lotto syndicate win

Gold Lotto
SNAPSHOT
  • A syndicate of 20 manufacturing workers from North Lakes are officially extending their Easter break after discovering they won the entire division one prize in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
  • The team of hardworking Moreton Bay region residents held the only division one winning entry across Australia in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3939, drawn Saturday 20 April 2019. The group take home the entire division one prize pool of $3,971,149.27.
  • In addition to winning division one, the long-running private workplace syndicate also won division three 24 times and division four 90 times, boosting their total windfall to $4,001,888.47. Each member of the 20-person syndicate receives a share worth $200,094.42.
  • The winning System 10 entry was purchased online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.

By Ally Ramsamy

Updated 24 April 2019 - 11:27 am,

first published at 24 April 2019 - 11:27 am

A syndicate of 20 manufacturing workers from North Lakes are officially extending their Easter break after discovering they won the entire division one prize in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw.

The team of hardworking Moreton Bay region residents held the only division one winning entry across Australia in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3939, drawn Saturday 20 April 2019. The group take home the entire division one prize pool of $3,971,149.27.

In addition to winning division one, the long-running private workplace syndicate also won division three 24 times and division four 90 times, boosting their total windfall to $4,001,888.47.

Each member of the 20-person syndicate receives a share worth $200,094.42.

A Golden Casket official made the life-changing phone call to the syndicate leader while she was at work to break the exciting news.

“Oh my god,” she laughed.

“Okay… Oh my god!

“I’m a bit shocked at the minute. It’s a work syndicate between 20 of us!

“I’m shaking!”

The syndicate leader revealed the North Lakes workplace would be rocked by the mind-blowing news.

“I’m going to get all the staff together and tell them!” she exclaimed.

“I’m absolutely shell shocked!

“They won’t believe it! They’ll think I’m winding them up!

“This is just unbelievable and will change the lives of so many people who work here.

“I can’t wait to tell everyone!

“We’re always so happy when we get a little win, we usually go out for coffee but this is incredible!

“This is going to be enormous for everyone! It is unbelievable!

“We’ve even got one team member who is about to retire!”

The woman revealed the team would spend the rest of the workday celebrating their incredible windfall.

“I think there will be some tears,” she laughed.

“Then we will definitely be having some champagne to celebrate.

“I may have a few vacancies to fill!”

The winning System 10 entry was purchased online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.

In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto and Saturday Gold Lotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.

The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3939 on Saturday 20 April 2019 were 36, 20, 9, 14, 18 and 16, while the supplementary numbers were 7 and 19.

Across Australia, there was only one division one winning entry.

The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 108 so far this calendar year, including 23 won by Golden Casket customers.

In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.