A sleepless South Brisbane retiree says her mind is still spinning after discovering she’s the state’s newest millionaire from winning division one in Saturday Gold Lotto.
The Eight Mile Plains player held one of the four division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3993 on Saturday 28 October 2019, with each entry taking home a division one prize of $1,007,593.45.
Confirming her win with a Golden Casket official this morning, the woman revealed she’d been up all night in shock.
“I checked my ticket last night and almost fell over,” she laughed.
“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
“You have no idea how much this means to me.
“I had to get a friend to come over last night and verify that I wasn’t seeing things.
“I hardly slept at all last night. My mind was going round and round in circles just thinking about what I could do with my prize.
“I don’t know what to do or what to say except thank you.
“I’m truly in shock. I can’t believe my luck!”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her million-dollar prize, the generous mum thought of her family first.
“Helping my children out will be the very first thing I do,” she explained.
“But I really just need to think about what I’ll do with the rest.
“There are so many things going through my mind at the moment but I will probably buy myself a new car.
“That’s as far as I can think!”
The happy woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her winning entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto and Saturday Gold Lotto created 193 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3993 on Saturday 26 October 2019 were 31, 28, 7, 45, 29 and 2, while the supplementary numbers were 6 and 38.
Across Australia, there were four division one entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3993 – two from Victoria and one each from New South Wales and Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 306 so far this calendar year, including 67 won by Golden Casket customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, there were 244 division one winning Saturday Gold Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $286.6 million.
