A Sunnybank woman has struggled to believe the news that she’s started the week a multi-millionaire, simply declaring “things like this, don’t happen to people like me”.
The Brisbane retiree held one of the eight division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4139, drawn Saturday 20 March 2021. She takes home a division one prize of $2.5 million.
When an official from The Lott called the woman this morning to break the incredible news, she had no idea she was holding a division one winning ticket.
“No!” she exclaimed.
“Are you kidding?
“Oh. Wow. You must be joking?
“I can’t believe it. I just can’t believe it.
“Things like this don’t happen to people like us.
“I’ve been playing Saturday Gold Lotto since the game began.
“I still don’t believe you. I think I’m in a state of shock.
“I need a cup of tea to settle down.
“This is incredible. Absolutely incredible.”
With $2.5 million about to hit her bank account, the overjoyed woman said she’d finally be able to do all the things she’d dreamed of.
“I’ve always joked about what we would do and what we wouldn’t do if we won the lottery,” she laughed.
“I’d always say, we would get the house cleaned up and paint it and put in a new kitchen.
“You never think it’s going to actually happen, but I suppose now it might!
“I can’t wait to tell my children. They won’t believe it either.”
The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her life-changing 18-game QuickPick at Sunnybank Hills Newsagency, Shop 18, Sunnybank Hills Shopping Centre, Calam & Compton Roads, Sunnybank Hills.
Sunnybank Hills Newsagency manager Luke Sheehy said he was thrilled to hear they’d sold another division one winning entry.
“This is the third major prize winning entry we’ve sold in eight months,” he explained.
“We are all so excited to tell our customers that a local has walked away with this incredible prize.
“We wish our winner all the best and hope the win comes in handy.
“Congratulations to them!”
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4139 on 20 March 2021 were 22, 32, 13, 8, 19 and 9 while the supplementary numbers were 15 and 25.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4139 – five from Queensland and one each from Tasmania, Northern Territory and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 311 so far this financial year, including 75 won by Golden Casket customers.
In 2020, Saturday Lotto created 122 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 312 division one winning in Saturday Gold Lotto entries across Australia, which collectively won more than $355.13 million.