A Wellington woman has burst into a storm of colourful language at work after discovering she’d won a staggering $4.2 million in Saturday’s Lotto draw, crediting a peculiar Facebook post for her good fortune.
The Central Western Slopes resident held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4593, drawn Saturday 26 July 2025. Each division one winning entry received a whopping $4,285,714.29.
When an official from The Lott broke the winning news this morning, the thrilled winner couldn’t help but scream out to her work colleagues, confessing she was thankful no customers were around.
“F***ing hell! Wow. I’m glad you warned me to sit down!” she laughed.
“I just won $4.2 million! I’m at work now, but there are no customers here, luckily.
“I’m ecstatic. Oh my god. I can’t believe this.
“It’s funny, I had a thing on Facebook that said, ‘If you watch this until the end, a large sum of money will come your way!’. I didn’t really think anything of it, and here we are!
“I can pay off my house and car. I’ll be completely debt-free. I can’t believe I’m saying that right now!
“I’ve played for decades, since I was 18! I once won $400, but that seems like nothing compared to this.
“I’ve got to call my husband! This is brilliant.
“Thank you for the great news!”
Her winning 18-game QuickPick entry was purchased from Wellington Newsagency, 118 Percy Street, Wellington.
Wellington Newsagency owner Patrick Slack-Smith said his outlet was no stranger to division one wins.
“I was amazed to hear we’d sold another big win! This time worth over four million dollars!” he said.
“It will generate a positive buzz around town. We’ll be putting up balloons and letting customers know the exciting news.
“We’ve had at least nine division wins now over 30 years. The one that stands out was a big Oz Lotto win in 1994, just after my parents had bought the business.
“Congratulations to the winner. Have fun and don’t go too crazy with it.”
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4593 on 26 July 2025 were 17, 23, 40, 42, 44 and 2, while the supplementary numbers were 27 and 39.
Across Australia, there was seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4593 – three in New South Wales, two in Victoria and one each in Queensland and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 251 so far in 2025, including 65 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In 2024, Saturday Lotto created 149 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 316 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $400.2 million.