A Palm Beach dad’s life has changed right in front of his eyes after he checked the winning Saturday Gold Lotto numbers in the newspaper and realised they were the ones printed on his ticket.
The Gold Coast resident held one of the four division one winning entries across Australia in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4189, drawn Saturday 11 September 2021. Each division one winning entry took home $2.5 million.
Sharing his excitement with an official from The Lott this morning, the winner explained he’d only just thought to check the weekend results.
“Thank you very much,” he laughed.
“I play every now and again but not very often, so this is such a surprise!
“I’ve never even won a chook raffle. This is amazing.
“I checked the numbers in the paper and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It’s incredible.”
With a multi-million-dollar prize about to hit his bank account, the only thing the Gold Coast dad could think of was his children.
“I’m going to share it with my kids,” he declared.
“I know that it will really change their lives. It will be such a nice feeling to gift it to them.”
Their life-changing entry was purchased at Palm Beach Newsagency, Shop 5A, Pavilions on 5th, 6 Fifth Avenue, Palm Beach.
Palm Beach Newsagency owner John Scanes said he was happy to hear a local had come forward to claim his prize.
“We are so excited for our lucky customer, and we’re so happy to know it’s gone to a local customer,” he said.
“We’ve sold six division one winning entries over the years. Here’s hoping our winning streak will continue with many more big prizes in the future!
“Congratulations to our latest winner!”
More chances to win
There are more chances to win big with tonight’s Oz Lotto offering $20 million, while Thursday’s Powerball has $8 million up for grabs.
Tonight’s Set for Life draw offers players the chance to win a division one prize of $20,000 a month for 20 years – that’s $20K on Replay! Set for Life is the only game that allows you to play your numbers across seven consecutive daily draws – meaning you have the chance to win $20K on Replay every day of the week.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $3.16 million for draw 1544, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $2.45 million for draw 10490.
Tickets can be purchased at any licenced lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via The Lott mobile app.
The home of Australia’s Official Lotteries, The Lott operates and markets Australia’s leading lottery games customers know and love creating everyday winners, winning every day.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, Australians took home more than 123.7 million prizes worth more than $3.62 billion from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Gold Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno, Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s Official Lotteries contributed more than $1.5 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.