A Townsville woman awoke on Sunday morning to her husband yelling they’d won division one after he checked the Gold Lotto results in the paper and immediately recognised the numbers.
The North Queenslanders held one of the nine division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4123, drawn Saturday 23 January 2021. Each division one winning entry scored $678,308.17.
Confirming their win with an official from The Lott this morning, the couple explained they’d been playing the same numbers for three decades.
“Thank you, thank you,” the winning man said.
“Would you believe what happened? I got the newspaper delivered on Sunday morning and the first thing I did was check the Saturday Gold Lotto numbers.
“We’ve played the same numbers for 30 years, birthdays and bits and pieces, so I recognised them in the paper straight away.
“I woke my wife up to say ‘we’ve won division one!’.
“After so many years of trying, something happened on Saturday night and our numbers came up.
“It is magical! We just can’t believe our numbers have been drawn.
“It’s incredible!
“We’re going to pay off the mortgage and a few other things,” he explained.
“And of course we will share the rest with our family.
“It’s wonderful!”
The regular players, who wish to remain anonymous, purchased their winning entry at Upper Ross Newsagency, 5/1225 Riverway Drive, Rasmussen.
Upper Ross Newsagency owner Peter Wales said it was fantastic news for the winner and the community.
“It’s so great to have some positive news in the region,” he said.
“We’ve only had the outlet for four months so this is the first time we’ve sold a division one winning entry.
“Congratulations to them! May this win bring them plenty of happiness!”
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4123 on 23 January 2021 were 6, 8, 40, 10, 29 and 1 while the supplementary numbers were 31 and 42.
Across Australia, there were nine division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4123 – three each from Queensland and Victoria, two from Western Australia and one from New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 254 so far this financial year, including 58 won by Golden Casket customers.
In 2020, Saturday Gold 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.