A Leopold couple is already envisioning their sandy paradise after winning $2.5 million in TattsLotto, excitedly planning to buy their dream beach house and soak up the sun in style.
The Geelong residents held one of the eight division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 4499, drawn Saturday 31 August 2024 and looks forward to $2,500,000.00.
So far in 2024, there have been four division one winning entries in the Geelong and Southwest region, collectively taking home more than $19.92 million in prize money.
When speaking with lottery officials from The Lott, the winning wife revealed she felt rather ‘emotional’ knowing her bank account was about to be boosted by a multi-million-dollar win.
“Thank you so much,” she chuckled.
“I only thought we had four of the winning numbers on our ticket but when i scanned it, it came up with all six and I couldn’t believe it!
“It’s been a bit weird; we feel weird. We live a very lucky life, and we’re so grateful for this win.
“I’ve been rather emotional over the win actually. We’ve always talked about owning a beach house. It’s been a dream of ours, and now we’ll be able to achieve this dream.
“We haven’t had time to celebrate because we’ve been so busy, but don’t get me wrong, it’s on the cards!”
Their winning entry was purchased at Leopold News & Lotto, Shop 4 Gateway Plaza, 641-659 Bellarine, Leopold.
Leopold News & Lotto owner Peter Russell said him and his team were excited to have sold their first ever division one winning entry since owning the outlet for more than 12 years.
“It’s super exciting! We’re a community outlet and most of the customers who visit us are locals. It means that someone out there in our community is celebrating a wonderful win,” he said.
“This is our first division one win since we took over ownership about 12 to 14 years ago. This newsagency has been in the town for many, many years.
“We will be letting all of our customers know about the division one win and we know they’ll be over the moon to hear their local outlet had sold a winning ticket worth $2.5 million!
“On behalf of the entire Leopold News & Lotto team, we would like to wish our newly-minted multi-millionaires all the best with their prize and thank them for supporting their local newsagency.”
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4499 on 31 August 2024 were 6, 39, 15, 20, 32 and 4 while the supplementary numbers were 30 and 1.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4499 – Four in Victoria, two in New South Wales, and one each in Queensland and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 298 so far in 2024, including 112 won by Tatts customers.
In FY24, TattsLotto created 158 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 291 division one winning TattsLotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
