A Queensland man is set to pamper his pooch and plan a long-awaited holiday after a lucky change to his regular lottery numbers — inspired by his dog’s birthday — led him to a $1 million win in the Weekday Windfall.
The chirpy Chinchilla local held one of two division one winning entries nationally in Weekday Windfall draw 4445, drawn Friday 21 September 2024. Each entry pocketed a clean $1 million.
The newly-minted millionaire shared he had been trying to fathom his newfound treasure for a couple of days since discovering the winning news late Friday night.
“Thank you so much!” he said.
“I’m thanking my dog because if I hadn’t changed my regular numbers to include his birthday, I wouldn’t have won.
“He’s already spoilt but he’ll be getting extra spoilt now!
“I checked my ticket Friday night, and I was like ‘What? This can’t be right!’. I was up all night after that.
“My wife didn’t believe me, so she got a good sleep-in. When she finally realised I wasn’t joking, she actually threw up!
“The whole weekend I couldn’t take my mind off it. Now that it’s confirmed, I can finally let it sink in.
“It’s more than exciting. It’s phenomenal.”
When asked how he planned to use his million-dollar prize, the winning man had a few ideas in mind.
“We haven’t been on a holiday in years so that would be great to finally go somewhere and have a break,” he said.
“We can buy a house too. We’re renting so this is going to help so much.
“With the rest we can invest.
“Of course, once we’re less overwhelmed, we can go out to dinner to celebrate.”
The winning numbers in Weekday Windfall draw 4445 on Friday 20 September 2024 were 14, 27, 35, 22, 6 and 11, while the supplementary numbers were 21 and 8.
Across Australia, there were two division one winning entries in Weekday Windfall draw 4445 – two in Queensland.
The winnings of this draw available here: Two Aussies Snare $2M in Friday Weekday Windfall
