A syndicate of humble workmates are still fronting up to work today despite winning $3.9 million in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw.
The private syndicate held the only division one winning entry nationally in TattsLotto draw 3959, drawn Saturday 29 June 2019. This entry takes home the entire division one prize of $3,897,900.02
As well as winning the coveted division one prize, the syndicate’s System 8 marked entry scored them division three 12 times and division four 15 times, bolstering their total prize to $3,911.713.82.
Speaking with a Tatts official this morning, the syndicate leader confessed he had been excited every since he discovered the win yesterday.
“It’s just fantastic! Thank you! That’s awesome!” he exclaimed happily.
“I’ve been so excited all day. I checked the ticket yesterday afternoon and I saw we had won. I thought ‘you beauty! What a ripper!’.
“I’m so excited I don’t know what to say or do!
“Me and a few of the other blokes at work have been playing these same numbers for years.
“Everyone is so happy! There were a lot of great phone calls yesterday afternoon.
“None of them believed me straight off and one we had to pick up off the floor!”
When asked how he planned to enjoy his share of the windfall, the happy man confessed retirement wasn’t on the cards.
“The win couldn’t have come at a better time,” he declared.
“There a lot of things going on in my life at the moment so it will certainly be put to good use.
“I’m not sure what I’ll do with my share. I haven’t thought that far ahead. I think the most important thing to do is think about it for a while.
“I don’t think I’ll worry too much about giving up work. When we were chatting about it yesterday afternoon most of us said we are going to keep working.
“We enjoy our work and we’ve got a good bunch of workmates so why wouldn’t we?”
The thrilled syndicate leader, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased the syndicate’s System 8 marked entry at Sanctuary Lakes Lucky Lotto, Kiosk 1 Sanctuary Lakes Shopping Centre, 300 Point Cook Road, Point Cook.
Sanctuary Lakes Lucky Lotto owner Aubrey Matthee said he was thrilled his outlet had sold a division one winning entry.
“We are over the moon!” he exclaimed.
“Not only did our store sell a division one winning entry but we were the only one to do so on Saturday!
“We’ll be telling all of our customers about the news as well as decorating the store to create even more excitement.
“Our customers are always joking that we’ll sell the next division one winning entry and now it has finally happened.
“This is the first division one winning entry we’ve sold since taking over the store in March 2018.
“Congratulations to our winner! Selling the dream motivates us to come to work every day.
“We hope it changes their lives in many ways!”
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and TattsLotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 3959 on Saturday 29 June 2019 were 5, 21, 14, 35, 42 and 33, while the supplementary numbers were 40 and 7.
Across Australia, there was only one division one winning entry in TattsLotto draw 3959 – the entry from Victoria.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 173 so far this calendar year, including 77 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning TattsLotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.
More chances to win
There are more chances to win big this week with tomorrow night’s Oz Lotto offering $2 million, while Thursday’s Powerball has $60 million up for grabs.
Tonight’s Set for Life draw offers players the chance to win a First Prize of $20,000 a month for 20 years – that’s $20K on Replay! Set for Life is the only game that allows you to play your numbers across seven consecutive daily draws – meaning you have the chance to win $20K on Replay every day of the week.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $77.56 million for draw 1370, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $2.06 million for draw 10297.
Tickets can be purchased at any licenced lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via the Lott mobile app.
The sign of Australia’s Official Lotteries, the Lott operates and markets Australia’s leading lottery games customers know and love creating everyday winners, winning every day.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, 74 million winners took home a total of $2.7 billion in prize money from their favourite games which include TattsLotto, Monday and Wednesday Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno and Instant Scratch-Its.
