A Salisbury Park man has confessed he is even more excited about his future after winning over $574,000 in the weekend’s X Lotto draw – just two weeks shy of his retirement date.
The northern Adelaide resident held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in X Lotto draw 3917, drawn Saturday 2 February 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $574,474.92
Sharing his excitement with an SA Lotteries official this morning to claim his prize, the winner revealed his win had come at a perfect time.
“I’m retiring in two weeks’ time!” he declared.
“It will go straight into my super and boost it by a considerable amount.
“We’ve got a caravan so I might upgrade my 4WD before we go off on a few trips.
“This certainly means we can do it in style and takes the stress away!”
“It has come at the best time. I’ve worked hard all my life and I can’t wait to relax and enjoy my retirement.
“I’m going to make it work hard for me I can tell you that!”
The happy soon-to-be-retiree confessed he had a unique way of playing his favourite numbers.
“I play every Saturday and Tuesday and I have some fixed numbers,” he explained.
“I mark my set of six numbers and then I top up the rest of the games with a QuickPick.
“The numbers I put in are birthdays and my favourite numbers that seemed good at the time, the rest are just whatever the machine decides.
“I’ve been playing for a long long time. In the end it was a QuickPick that won me the money!”
The regular player, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his 36-game Top Up entry at Mawson Lakes Newsagency, Shop 12 Mawson Central, 9-15 Main Street, Mawson Lakes.
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday X Lotto and X Lotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in X Lotto draw 3917 on Saturday 2 February 2019 were 24, 12, 21, 5, 1 and 45, while the supplementary numbers were 15 and 2.
Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in X Lotto draw 3917, including three in Victoria, two in Queensland, and one each in South Australia and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 228 so far this financial year, including 17 won by SA Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning X Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.