A Western Sydney woman thought she was having a “crazy dream” when she woke up in the middle of the night and checked her Wednesday Lotto ticket to discover she was suddenly a millionaire.
The New South Wales player held the only division one winning entry nationally in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3957, drawn Wednesday 18 March 2020, and takes home a division one prize of $1,000,000.
Confirming the life-changing news with an official from the Lott this morning, the winner admitted she first thought she’d imagined it all.
“I checked my entry last night and saw I had won $1 million and I thought I must have been seeing things,” she laughed.
“I nodded off to sleep for a little while and woke up in the middle of the night and was convinced it was all a crazy dream.
“Then I checked my ticket again and there it was!
“I didn’t sleep again after that and now I am at work! It’s so hard to concentrate!
“It certainly hasn’t sunk in yet.
“It was a marked entry, I’ve been using the same numbers for a long time and I just had a very strange feeling that it was going to happen soon, that I’d win big!
“And now it has! It’s unbelievable.”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her million-dollar win, the Sydney player said she never thought she’d experience financial freedom at this stage in her life.
“I never imagined being mortgage-free at 40, so it’s going to be pretty amazing!” she exclaimed.
“It’s a huge relief. I am still in shock. It’s certainly going to be life changing.
“I will have to celebrate tonight! I have no idea how I’m going to get through the rest of the day at work!”
The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her million-dollar winning entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.
In 2019, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and Saturday Lotto created 203 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3957 on Wednesday 18 March 2020 were 18, 15, 19, 14, 41 and 22 while the supplementary numbers were 10 and 20.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 3957 – the winner from New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 268 so far this financial year, including 83 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
Between 1 January and 31 December 2019, there were 108 division one winning Monday & Wednesday Lotto entries across Australia, which collectively won $106 million.