A Balranald resident or visitor has started the week over $950,000 richer and has potentially turned up to work this morning completely unaware of the bounty that’s waiting for them.
The New South Wales entry was one of the four division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 3953, drawn Saturday 8 June 2019. The winner will take home a division one prize of $953,391.46.
As the entry is not registered to a Players Club card, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the winner to break the life-changing news.
The winning ticket was purchased at Balranald Newsagency, 103 Market Street, Balranald.
Balranald Newsagency owner Lisa Jolliffe said the win was incredibly exciting for the town.
“This is definitely the talk of the Balranald community, it’s creating quite a buzz and we’ve had plenty of people coming in to congratulate us,” she said.
“We’ve never sold a division one winning entry here before and we really hope the winner comes in soon to check their ticket!”
NSW Lotteries spokesperson Lauren Cooney said she was eager to unite the player with their division one prize.
“We love delivering life-changing news and we can’t wait to break this news to our latest division one winner,” she said.
“If you had an entry into the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw, we promise it could be absolutely worthwhile for you to check your ticket now.
“You could be our mystery division one winner! Just imagine how your week might change after discovering you’ve won almost one million dollars.
“If you realise you are holding the division one winning ticket, contact NSW Lotteries on 131 868 to begin the process of claiming your prize.”
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and Saturday Lotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 3953 on Saturday 8 June 2019 were 22, 24, 42, 36, 39 and 1, while the supplementary numbers were 41 and 12.
Across Australia, there were four division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 3953, one each from New South Wales, South Australia and two from Victoria.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 155 so far this calendar year, including 41 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.
