A Southport man has admitted he can’t stop laughing after being bamboozled by the revelation he scored division one in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
The Gold Coast resident held one of the six division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4551 on Saturday 1 March 2025. Each division one winning entry pocketed $884,118.73.
“I just checked my ticket now,” he exclaimed when speaking to an official from The Lott.
“Wow! Wow! I can’t believe it. Oh my god!
“Wow, that’s a lot!
“It’s real, right?
“I just keep looking at the ticket. I just can’t believe it. I’m just walking around in a daze, looking at the ticket.”
When asked how he might enjoy his Lotto loot, the regular player shared he had his sights set on the future.
“My partner and I can now buy a house and have no mortgage!” he said.
“This is so good for us as we want to have children in the future.”
The man’s winning 12-game QuickPick entry was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4551 on 1 March 2025 were 13, 11, 37, 12, 3 and 6, while the supplementary numbers were 44 and 2.
Across Australia, there were six division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4551 – two from South Australia and one each from Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 322 so far in FY25, including 83 won by Golden Casket customers.
In 2024, Saturday Gold Lotto created 149 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 316 division one winning Saturday Gold Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $400.2 million.