05 September 22

Rockhampton man struggles to wrap his head around $2 million Gold Lotto win

SNAPSHOT
  • A Rockhampton man in his 30s admits he’s still struggling to believe his $2 million Saturday Gold Lotto prize from the weekend’s draw is real.
  • The Central Queenslander held one of the 10 division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4291 on Saturday 3 September 2022. Each division one winning entry scored $2 million.
  • So far this year, five division one wins have landed in Central Queensland worth more than $30.6 million in prize money.
  • His marked 4-game winning entry was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 31 March 2023 - 10:54 am,

first published at 5 September 2022 - 12:06 pm

A Rockhampton man in his 30s admits he’s still struggling to believe his $2 million Saturday Gold Lotto prize from the weekend’s draw is real.

The Central Queenslander held one of the 10 division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4291 on Saturday 3 September 2022. Each division one winning entry scored $2 million.

So far this year, five division one wins have landed in Central Queensland worth more than $30.6 million in prize money.

When an official from The Lott contacted the winner yesterday, he was oblivious to his good fortune.

“Are you for real? No!” he exclaimed.

“I feel like you’re pulling my leg.

“Mate, I don’t believe this.

“I don’t know whether to thank you or find you for giving me a heart attack.

“It’s a bolt out of the blue.

“This is bloody good news, but it won’t sink in for a while.

“It’s awesome. I’ll be able to do some renos around the home, that’s for sure.

“Other than that, I just don’t know right now. Mate, I’m out to it! I don’t know what to think.”

The man’s winning marked 4-game entry was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4291 on 3 September 2022 were 10, 18, 39, 3, 21 and 6, while the supplementary numbers were 41 and 43.

Across Australia, there were 10 division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4291 – five from Queensland, three from Victoria and and one each from Tasmania and Western Australia.

The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 300 so far this calendar year, including 69 won by Golden Casket customers.

In FY22, Saturday Gold Lotto created 196 millionaires across Australia.

During this time, there were 324 division one winning in Saturday Gold Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $461.69 million.

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