An Aussie bloke has revealed he quit his job almost immediately after discovering he’d won a major Lotto prize.
The Tasmanian resident held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto drawn on Saturday. Each division one winning entry bagged $913,127.
The newly retired winner was still buzzing when an official from The Lott called him.
‘I’m excellent. I’ve already resigned from work,’ the man said.
‘We’ve been thinking about retiring, but this just speeds things up completely.
‘Next on the cards is a road trip. We’ve been planning it for a while, and now we can even upgrade our caravan too.
‘We’re going to see a financial planner and get things sorted to set ourselves up and be able to live happily ever after.
‘As soon as I saw we’d won, I looked at my wife across the table and just said, “I’m not going to work anymore” – she thought I was joking. It’s incredible. It just means we don’t have to worry.’
Meanwile, time is running out for a lucky Aussie to claim their $670,000 Saturday Gold Lotto prize, with one Gold Coast local or visitor still unaware they’re holding the ticket.
Golden Lucky News owner Melanie Zhi said she hoped the mystery division one winner would check their ticket and come forward before the deadline to claim the prize
The mystery player held one of the six division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3867, drawn Saturday 11 August 2018, and scored a total prize of $671,513.
This unregistered ticket is the oldest unclaimed lottery prize in Australia and must be claimed by 11 August 2025. In Queensland, winners have up to seven years from the draw date to claim their prize.
The winning entry was purchased at Golden Lucky News, 1-29 Millaroo Dr, Helensvale.
Golden Lucky News owner Melanie Zhi said she hoped the mystery division one winner would check their ticket and come forward before the deadline to claim the prize.
‘It’s hard to believe the division one winner still hasn’t come forward after all these years. We’re really hoping they’ll check their ticket and finally claim their prize,’ she said.
‘While most of our customers are locals, we do get plenty of visitors from various places, especially from New South Wales. Honestly, the winner could be anyone.
‘I took over the outlet late last year, and it would be incredible if the mystery winner came forward. What a moment that would be.’
With less than one month left to claim the prize, The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell urged all players in the area to check their tickets.
‘This is a great reminder to all players to register their tickets to a player card or online account. If this player had registered their ticket to The Lott Members Club, they would have already been united with their good fortune seven years ago,’ she said.
‘For lost lottery tickets not registered to The Lott Members Club, a Lost or Damaged Ticket Search Form will need to be completed.
‘If you discover you are holding the winning ticket, contact The Lott on 131 868 immediately to begin the process of claiming your prize.’
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3867 on 11 August 2018 were 1, 23, 8, 15, 44, 20, while the supplementary numbers were 11 and 18.
The chance of winning the division one prize is just 1 in 62.8million.
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