A Notting Hill woman who won a TattsLotto division one prize on the weekend is thanking a last-minute decision to mark her entry with her special numbers after ditching a QuickPick with “rubbish” numbers.
The Melbourne winner held one of the nine division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 4081, drawn Saturday 29 August 2020. Each entry took home a division one prize of $555,248.73.
“I nearly collapsed from shock when I checked my ticket,” the winning woman told an official from the Lott this morning.
“I was trembling. I tried to keep it together.
“I never thought I would win!”
The Melbourne woman explained how she came to hold a division one winning ticket.
“I first got a QuickPick, but I didn’t like the numbers – they were rubbish – so I selected the numbers myself… and won!” she shared.
“I’m glad I did as I only got one winning number and a supplementary on the QuickPick.
“The numbers I picked were birthday numbers and dates that have some meaning to me. Now I think they’re really good numbers.
“It’s funny as I was sitting outside channelling my numbers and I remember trying to decide whether to pick 44 or 45, but I went with 44.
“I kind of feel as though I had some intervention from above. Something happened to help me select those numbers.”
With her bank account set to balloon by more than half-a-million dollars, the regular player said she already knew how she would use her prize.
“It definitely gives me great comfort moving forward, especially at a time like this,” she explained.
“I’ll share some with my family, but the rest will sit in the bank so I can build a nest egg for an early retirement.
“It’s pretty amazing. It’s pretty special.”
The regular player, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her marked System 10 entry online at www.thelott.com – Australia’s Official Lotteries.
Last financial year, TattsLotto created 127 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4081 on Saturday 29 August 2020 were 16, 13, 25, 44, 40 and 20 while the supplementary numbers were 4 and 28.
Across Australia, there were nine division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4081 – four from Victoria, two from New South Wales, two from Western Australia, and one from Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 267 so far this calendar year, including 106 won by Tatts customers.
Between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020, there were 318 division one winning TattsLotto entries across Australia, which collectively won more than $346.12 million.
