An Oran Park woman is counting down the days until she can sip on a refreshing cocktail while basking on a well-deserved sunny holiday after taking home $760,000 in Saturday Lotto.
The Macarthur resident held one of the seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4399, drawn Saturday 16 September 2023 and takes home a total prize of $768,013.61.
So far in 2023, there have been 13 division one winning entries in the Western Sydney and Blue Mountains regions, collectively taking home more than $18.29 million in prize money.
The New South Wales woman took a little longer to discover her life-enhancing windfall after initially mistaking lottery official’s winning phone calls for a scam.
“Oh my god! Oh my god!” she gasped.
“My mind is blank – nothing is there!
“I’m in shock. I had no idea.
“I’m just at work and I noticed I received a text message and an email to call The Lott. I thought it was some sort of weird scam or spam, so I left it.
“Later in the morning I noticed there were a couple of missed calls on my phone, so I decided to call up and here I am finding out I won $760,000!
“Oh my god, I can’t believe it.
“Thank you so much.
“I honestly haven’t had a moment to decide what I’ll do with the prize. It will probably go towards the mortgage and a holiday.
“A cocktail and a holiday somewhere sunny would be nice!
“It’s been a while since I’ve gone on holiday!”
Her winning System 9 entry was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4399 on 16 September 2023 were 37, 28, 27, 11, 41 and 23, while the supplementary numbers were 2 and 1.
Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4399 – three in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one each in South Australia and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 4399 so far in 2023, including 299 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In FY23, Saturday Lotto created 158 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 332 division one winning in Saturday Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $463.06 million.