A Wollongong woman is planning on retiring from work and traveling to America in style after discovering she won division one in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.
The New South Wales player held one of the five division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 3997, drawn Saturday 9 November 2019. Each entry took home a division one prize of $797,869.82.
Confirming her prize with a NSW Lotteries official this morning, the winner recalled the moment she discovered her win.
“My husband was watching TV and so I thought I would check the numbers on the website,” she explained.
“I thought I had five numbers and had probably won a few hundred dollars, so I was pretty stoked.
“I decided to scan the ticket to see what the prize was, and that’s when I saw I had all six numbers and I had won division one.
“I told my husband and his face went white. We just screamed ‘oh my god’.
“We were really shocked. It’s such a great win.
“My family came over that afternoon and we all went out for a nice dinner to celebrate. They were all so excited for me.”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her prize, the happy woman admitted she already knew exactly what she was going to do.
“The first thing we thought about when we discovered we won was our kids. We can’t wait to help them out,” she shared.
“We’ve been thinking of retiring for some time now too, so we are going to do that as well.
“Then we want to go on a trip to America and we are going to fly business class!
“The rest we will put in the bank to use for our retirement.”
The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her winning entry at Unanderra Newsagency, 1102-108 Princes Highway, Unanderra.
Unanderra Newsagency owners John and Karen Manning said they were thrilled to have sold a division one winning entry to one of their customers.
“I was so happy when I found out about the win,” John said.
“We have been sharing the news with all of our customers. They are so excited and are hoping they’ll be the one to win division one next.
“We wish our winner all the very best and hope they enjoy their prize,” Karen added.
“This is the second major prize we have sold, and we can’t wait to sell another.”
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and Saturday Lotto created 193 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 3997 on Saturday 9 November 2019 were 28, 1, 25, 36, 27 and 10, while the supplementary numbers were 14 and 18.
Across Australia, there were five division one entries in Saturday Lotto draw 3997 – three from New South Wales and one each from Queensland and Victoria.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 326 so far this calendar year, including 95 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2019, there were 244 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $286.6 million.