A hardworking Pakenham farmer has wept tears of relief after discovering he is now over $1.4 million richer form scoring division one in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw.
The West Gippsland man held one of the 14 division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 3963, drawn Saturday 13 July 2019. Each winner takes home a division one prize of $1,428,571.43.
When a Tatts official broke the life-changing news to him this morning, the overjoyed winner couldn’t contain his tears of relief.
“Thank you. Just thank you! That’s a big win,” he cried.
“We’ve been farming all our lives and we’ve been doing it tough for a while.
“This will mean we are able to pay off all our debts and give us a bit of a break.
“Once that has been done we’ll look at getting someone in to look after the place so we can go on a holiday to Europe.
“It will be good to take a long break!
“I can’t wait to tell my wife. I’m not sure if it’s best to let her get home from work first or to tell her now!
“Either way, I’m not sure she will believe me!”
The thrilled winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his 50-game QuickPick entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and TattsLotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 3963 on Saturday 13 July 2019 were 16, 5, 18, 41, 22 and 36, while the supplementary numbers were 1 and 7.
Across Australia, there were 14 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 3963, six from Victoria, three each from New South Wales and Queensland, one each from the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 193 so far this calendar year, including 85 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning TattsLotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.