A Ryde woman is ready to pack her bags and hop on the next flight to Europe after discovering she scored more than $2.5 million in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.
The Sydney resident held one of the eight division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4499, drawn on Saturday 31 August 2024. Each division one entry won $2.5 million.
The young woman was getting ready for a normal Monday at work when she received the life-changing phone call advising her she was now a multi-millionaire.
“Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Thank you so much!” she screamed.
“I need to sit down. Wow. I’m in shock.
“I can’t stop laughing!
“I was just getting ready for work. I’ll still go but I think I’ll be pretty spacey!
“I’m not sure how I’ll be able to sit still and focus for the whole day after receiving this news.
“I’m going to call my partner straight after this. I don’t think he’ll believe me.
“We both enjoy playing Lotto. We’ve only been playing these past couple of months.
“I always get a QuickPick. I like to just set and forget it!”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her newfound lottery loot, the winning woman shared she had always wanted to travel but never had the chance until now.
“If I’m honest, I’ve always wanted to travel but never had the opportunity,” she said.
“I’d love to do a trip around Europe!
“I can take some weeks off work or even a couple of months!”
Her winning 18-game QuickPick entry was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4499 on 31 August 2024 were 6, 39, 15, 20, 32 and 4, while the supplementary numbers were 30 and 1.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4499 – four in Victoria, two in New South Wales, and one each in Queensland and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 298 so far in 2024, including 91 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In FY24, Saturday Lotto created 158 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 291 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
