An Upper Coomera couple thought they’d done well securing a $1,000 prize in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw, until they realised they’d actually pocketed $1 million.
The Gold Coast residents held one of the five division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4485 on Saturday 13 July 2024. Each division one winning entry scored $1,008,162.52.
“I still can’t believe it!” the winning woman exclaimed.
“This morning, I just decided to check the ticket. At first, all I saw were the first four numbers and I went to my partner, ‘We’ve won $1,008’.
“We normally only win $15 so I got him to check the ticket on the computer.
“He looked at the screen and said, ‘It’s not $1,008’ and I said, ‘Yes, it is!’ and then he said, “It’s $1 million!’.
“It was an ‘oh my god’ moment.
“We’re retired and there’s a lot of work we’d love to do on our home – especially after the Christmas Day storms that swept through here. It’s come at a lovely time.
“We’re feeling very blessed.”
Their winning 18-game QuickPick entry was purchased at News Extra Coomera, Shop B1, Coomera Square, 2 City Centre Drive, Upper Coomera.
News Extra Coomera manager Ching Lee said she was thrilled to see another big win land in the region.
“Unbelievable! When I first saw it on the terminal, I couldn’t believe it,” she said.
“Customers will be as excited as we are!
“During the past 10 years, we’ve sold five division one wins from this store and two top prize-winning Instant Scratch-Its.
“Congratulations to our winner! I hope the win will change your life!”
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4485 on 13 July 2024 were 21, 2, 36, 24, 18 and 1, while the supplementary numbers were 14 and 27.
Across Australia, there were five division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4485 – two in Queensland and one each in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 223 so far in 2024, including 56 won by Golden Casket customers.
In 2023, Saturday Gold Lotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 303 division one winning in Saturday Gold Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
