A Seaford man has confessed he was too afraid to sleep last night in case his $2.6 million Oz Lotto win was a dream.
He held the only division one winning entry across Australia in Oz Lotto draw 1452, drawn Tuesday 14 December 2021, and walked away with an incredible $2,618,060.50.
Confirming the news with an official from The Lott this morning, the Adelaide man described his win as mind-boggling.
“I’ve been sitting here with The Lott app open, waiting for your call,” he laughed.
“I checked my account last night and discovered I’d won. I never usually check it straight after the draw, but I just had this weird feeling.
“I thought I might have won $20. I never in a million years thought I’d win $2 million!
“When I saw it, I screamed, ‘Oh Jesus!’. I felt like I was dreaming.
“My family came running to see what was wrong and that’s when I told them. They couldn’t believe it! We checked the ticket so many times.
“I had a very sleepless night last night. I think I kept the whole house up. I kept checking my account to see if it was real.
“I was worried it was just a dream, so I am so glad you’ve called to confirm this.
“We’ll have to go and do something special today, now that we know we really are multi-millionaires!”
The sleepy but excited winner declared the win had brought forward his retirement plans retirement.
“We’ve both been talking about retiring for years, so that’s what we’ll do first,” he shared.
“We’ll pretty much retire immediately, which is just incredible. It’s a dream come true!
“The kids will get looked after as well, and we’re going to do some renovations on the house.”
The new multi-millionaire, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his life-changing entry online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto draw 1452 on Wednesday 15 December 2021 were 23, 3, 26, 31, 1, 41 and 34, while the supplementary numbers were 36 and 16.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1452 – one from South Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 207 so far this financial year, including 16 won by SA Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, 23 division one winning Oz Lotto entries across Australia collectively won more than $283.12 million.
During this time, the biggest Oz Lotto jackpot was $50 million, which was won by a North Sydney woman in July 2020.
Of the 23 Oz Lotto division one winning entries in FY21, seven landed in both Victoria and Western Australia, five in New South Wales, two in Queensland, and one each in South Australia and the Northern Territory.