A Salisbury man in his 40s has explained he never expected to receive a phone call informing him he’d won $2.4 million in Oz Lotto, and when it happened he didn’t know what to say.
The South Australian was the only division one winner nationally in Oz Lotto draw 1397, drawn Tuesday 24 November 2020 and takes home the entire division one prize pool of $2,496,744.04.
When an official from The Lott broke the news to the winner this morning, he couldn’t contain his excitement.
“Bloody hell! Are you serious? Wow! That’s amazing! Thank you so much!” he exclaimed.
“Wow! I’m a little bit shocked and shaking, to be honest. I didn’t expect to hear that when I answered the phone.
“Wow! Thank you! It feels amazing to know that I’ll be a multi-millionaire. I don’t know what to say!
“My god!
“I play regularly but not always Oz Lotto. I play something different every week and just grab a QuickPick.
“I never thought I’d win a prize like this!”
When asked how he planned to enjoy his multi-million-dollar windfall, the small business owner said he was looking forward to taking a step back from the grind.
“The first thing I’ll do is pay off the home loan. It will be done and dusted!” he declared.
“My partner and I run our own business, and we’ve been working extremely hard at the moment to get it going. This will make it just much easier and take the pressure off.
“It will be great to cut back down on work a little bit.
“I’m sure my other half will convince me to take a holiday too!
“I’ve got a busy day ahead at work with clients so I can’t take the rest of the day off work.
“I’m going to call my partner right now and tell her the good news. She probably won’t believe me!
“We’ll definitely be getting takeaway tonight to celebrate!”
The happy winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto draw 1397 on Tuesday 24 November 2020 were 35, 31, 26, 9, 17, 25, and 15, while the supplementary numbers were 12 and 2.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1397 – the entry from South Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 172 so far this financial year, including 17 won by SA Lotteries customers.
Between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020, 15 division one winning Oz Lotto entries across Australia collectively won $212.14 million.
During this time, the biggest Oz Lotto jackpot was $50 million on 15 October 2019, which was won by a Leumeah tradie who walked off the job and vowed never to work again.
Of the 15 Oz Lotto division one winning entries in FY20, eight landed in New South Wales, three in Victoria, two in South Australia, and one each in Queensland and Western Australia.
