25 November 19

Sydney Olympic Park man receives “miracle” Saturday Lotto division one win

Saturday Lotto
SNAPSHOT
  • A Western Sydney man has been caught off guard at work this morning, with the news he scored division one in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.
  • The Sydney Olympic Park resident held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4001, drawn Saturday 23 November 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $577,792.94.
  • The regular player revealed he’d need some time to think of exactly how he’d enjoy his windfall but said it had arrived at the perfect time.
  • The winning entry was purchased online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.

By Ally Ramsamy

Updated 31 March 2023 - 11:23 am,

first published at 25 November 2019 - 10:33 am

A Western Sydney man has been caught off guard at work this morning, with the news he scored division one in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.

The Sydney Olympic Park resident held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4001, drawn Saturday 23 November 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $577,792.94.

A NSW Lotteries official contacted the man this morning, who was completely oblivious to his windfall.

“Thank you,” he laughed.

“Thank you so much!

“I had no idea. I can’t believe this.

“This is a miracle. It’s amazing!

“You’ve called me while I’m at work. I came in this morning having no idea.

“This is very cool. I play every week and I’m so happy.”

When asked how he planned to enjoy his life-changing prize, the winner explained it had arrived at the perfect time.

“I have no idea at the moment,” he said.

“You’ve really caught me off guard so I’m going to have to think about it but what a perfect time of the year to enjoy it!

“I will probably invest in property.”

The winning entry was purchased online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.

The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4001 on Saturday 23 November 2019 were 14, 45, 37, 7, 30, and 25 while the supplementary numbers were 6 and 34.

Across Australia, there were seven division one entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4001 – two each from New South Wales and Victoria and one each from South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.

The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 342 so far this calendar year, including 100 won by NSW Lotteries customers.

In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, there were 244 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $286.6 million.