A Wagga Wagga woman has described her Saturday Lotto division one win as a blessing, revealing she was in sheer shock when she discovered her life-changing prize.
The regional New South Wales player held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4003, drawn Saturday 30 November 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $587,936.
In addition to scoring division one, her System 9 marked entry also won division three 18 times and division four 45 times, boosting her total prize to $609,545.
Sharing her excitement with a NSW Lotteries official this morning, the woman relived the moment she checked her winning entry.
“Wow!” she laughed.
“Wow. Thank you very much.
“What a wonderful Christmas we will be having!
“I checked my ticket on Saturday night after a party.
“When the results appeared I was in sheer shock. I couldn’t believe it.
“We’ve been playing those same numbers for about a decade.
“I can’t believe they actually appeared! It’s a blessing.”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her prize, the woman said she still couldn’t think straight.
“Well it has arrived at the best time of the year!” she said.
“We will certainly enjoy Christmas. But the rest, gosh, I couldn’t even tell you at the moment.
“I’m still in shock, we will have to have a good think about it!”
The winning entry was purchased at Nextra Sturt Mall, Shop 21, Sturt Mall, 135 Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga.
Nextra Sturt Mall owner Natalie Sutherland said she was happy to have played a party in delivering her customer a life-changing Christmas present.
“We were so excited to hear that one of our customers had such a great win, especially so close to Christmas,” she exclaimed.
“How incredible that must feel!
“Our customers are all so happy for the lucky winner and are all hoping they will be the next one!
“Congratulations to her on her fantastic win, we hope this is life changing and we wish her all the happiness for many years to come.”
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4003 on Saturday 30 November 2019 were 10, 30, 16, 22, 38 and 20 while the supplementary numbers were 42 and 14.
Across Australia, there were seven division one entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4003 – three from Queensland, two from Western Australia and one each from South Australia and New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 350 so far this calendar year, including 103 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.