09 September 21

From trash to treasure: Revesby man almost throws out million-dollar winning Lotto ticket

Monday & Wednesday Lotto
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  • A Revesby man has had to rummage through his bin this morning to find a million-dollar Lotto ticket that he’d accidentally thrown away.
  • The Sydney player held one of the two division one winning entries in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 4111, drawn Wednesday 8 September 2021.  They scored the division one prize of $1 million.
  • The winning man revealed he’d use his prize to buy a new home and car.
  • His winning marked System 9 entry was purchased at T&L Newsagency, Shop 10, 64 Beaconsfield Street, Revesby

By Anna Hobdell

Updated 9 September 2021 - 11:42 am,

first published at 9 September 2021 - 11:42 am

A Revesby man has had to rummage through his bin this morning to find a million-dollar Lotto ticket that he’d accidentally thrown away.

The Sydney player held one of the two division one winning entries in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 4111, drawn Wednesday 8 September 2021.  They scored the division one prize of $1 million.

Sharing his shock with an official from The Lott this morning, the winning man said he was still reeling from finding his ticket in his bin.

“Oh my god,” he laughed.

“That’s fantastic!

“You wouldn’t believe it, I accidentally threw my ticket out, and I just had to go looking through the bins for the ticket. But we found it!

“I cannot believe it. I can’t believe we threw out that ticket.

“It’s incredible. To be honest, I am in shock.

“I am very, very happy. But I am in shock.

“This is going to change our lives in such a big way!”

“We will try to find a new house, and maybe even buy a new car, mine is so old.

“I’m very, very happy. This is amazing!”

His winning marked System 9 entry was purchased at T&L Newsagency, Shop 10, 64 Beaconsfield Street, Revesby.

The winning numbers in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 4111 on Wednesday 8 September 2021 were 6, 26, 38, 5, 40, and 23, while the supplementary numbers were 13 and 16.

Across Australia, there were two division one winning entries in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 4111 – one from New South Wales and one from Victoria.

The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 315 so far this calendar year, including 94 won by NSW Lotteries customers.

In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, Monday & Wednesday Lotto created 95 millionaires across Australia.

During this time, there were 102 division one winning Monday & Wednesday Lotto entries across Australia, which collectively won $101 million.