A determined woman from West Gippsland can’t wait to clear her garden of weeds and her children’s HECS debt in one triumphant sweep after scoring more than $365,000 in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw.
The victorious Victorian held one of the 14 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4497, drawn Saturday 24 August 2024 and looks forward to a total prize of $365,700.57.
So far in 2024, there have been 11 division one winning entries in the Gippsland region that have collectively taken home more than $10.73 million in prize money.
The cheery mum shared that she was drifting off to sleep late last night when she decided to check her lottery numbers, and the excitement kept her wide awake.
“I can’t believe it,” she laughed.
“I was about to head off to bed last night but thought I’d bring up my ticket and check the results. I started to see my numbers come up one by one. One number, two numbers… three numbers.
“I thought, ‘Hmm! This can’t be right. I had to double-check that I was seeing things correctly. I even called my daughter late last night to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.
“I’m really pleased to see that the division one prize pool was shared amongst 14 people. A lot of people get the money!
“Thank you very much. I’ll have to celebrate with my family sometime soon!
“I’m such a homebody, so I’ll probably cook a nice dinner for everyone and have them all over.”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her boost of $365,000, the big-hearted player had some small but mighty plans in mind.
“My husband and I would like to pay off our children’s HECS debt completely and help them out,” she revealed.
“We’d also like to pay off a gas bill and the credit card. I also can’t wait to fix up our garden!
“They’re all little things, but they add up quickly!”
Her winning 12-game QuickPick entry was purchased on The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4497 on 26 August 2024 were 5, 43, 8, 42, 45 and 44, while the supplementary numbers were 24 and 32.
Across Australia, there were 14 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4497 – five in Victoria, three each in Queensland and New South Wales, two in Western Australia and one in South Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 286 so far in 2024, including 106 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.
