An Orbost woman's disbelief quickly turned into excitement after discovering her TattsLotto ticket matched the winning numbers in Saturday night's draw.
The East Gippsland resident secured a life-changing $400,641.05 prize, one of 13 division one winners in Saturday Lotto draw 4447 on 2 March, 2024.
"That's very nice, isn't it?!" she exclaimed upon receiving the news from lottery officials, still surprised by her lucky win.
Decades of playing the same numbers, mostly family birthdates, finally paid off.
“I checked my ticket late on Saturday night. I’ve had the same numbers going for decades – mostly family birthdates".
“I looked at the draw numbers and thought, ‘Am I drunk? Am I seeing things? That’s my numbers!’.
“We even had a nice bottle of bubbles to celebrate!
“I’ve been so excited. I haven’t been able to sleep and my tummy’s been all churned up with excitement.
“I’ve had a wonderful weekend.
“I’m going to share it with my family and I’m thinking a cruise!”
The woman’s winning marked System 9 entry was purchased at Orbost Authorised Newsagency, 136 Nicholson Street, Orbost.
Orbost Authorised Newsagency owner Sharon Kurrle said the win had become the talk of the town.
“We were very surprised when we saw we’d sold a division one winning entry and we’re all excited for the winner,” she said.
“We will be hoping it is the start of a run of great prizes to be won by many more customers.
“I think the last time we sold a division one winning entry was about nine years ago. So, in the time that I have owned the newsagency, we have now sold two division one tickets and quite a few division two tickets in various games.
“We all hope the winner enjoys the win and it makes life a bit easier for them.”
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4447 on 2 March 2024 were 19, 15, 18, 30, 5 and 8, while the supplementary numbers were 7 and 26.
Across Australia, there were 13 division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4447 – seven in Victoria, three in Queensland, two in the Northern Territory and one in New South Wales.
