A mix of family birthdates to favourite footy numbers have helped a Morphettville man score a $900,000 bounty in the weekend’s Saturday X Lotto draw.
The Adelaide resident held one of the six division one winning entries in Saturday X Lotto draw 4289, drawn Saturday 27 August 2022. Each entry pocketed a division one prize of $919,703.64.
The South Australian was oblivious to his good fortune until an official from The Lott contacted him yesterday.
“I hope this isn’t a joke!” he yelled.
“We’ve just walked in from the shops. I can’t believe it! Here, you’ll have to tell my wife.”
“We’re in shock! This is very overwhelming!” his wife added.
“I play every Saturday and have been using the same set of numbers for years. They’re our birthdates, footy numbers and things like that. It’s our special numbers that did it for us,” the winner explained.
“We still work, but we’re on the verge of retirement. This might just kick us over.
“It’s going to make a huge difference.
“We can’t wait to work less and book a holiday!”
The man’s winning marked System 8 entry was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Saturday X Lotto draw 4289 on 27 August 2022 were 2, 6, 41, 3, 23 and 42, while the supplementary numbers were 39 and 24.
Across Australia, there were six division one winning entries in Saturday X Lotto draw 4289 – three from Western Australia, two from South Australia and one from New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 290 so far this calendar year, including 27 won by SA Lotteries customers.
In FY22, Saturday X Lotto created 196 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 324 division one winning in Saturday X Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $461.69 million.