One lucky Australian woman has woken up a whole lot richer after taking out last night’s record $100 million Oz Lotto jackpot.
The woman, from Elizabeth Hills in western Sydney, held the only division one winning entry across the whole country.
The eye-watering $100 million win makes her Oz Lotto’s biggest individual lottery winner in Australian history.
When informed of the life-changing news in a late-night phone call, the woman could not believe her luck, admitting she thought it was a prank.
“Who is this? Why are you calling this late?” she questioned officials from The Lott when they called her immediately after the draw.
“What the hell! Can you repeat that? Oh my god! Don’t lie to me!
“You better not be pranking me! I don’t know whether to believe you or not.
“Internally, I’m sweating bullets! Are you sure this is real? Oh my gosh. I still can’t believe it.
“That’s crazy! I just finished watching tonight’s episode of Married at First Sight, and I was falling asleep as you called me.
“It’s 10pm here and when I saw multiple missed calls, I thought, ‘Who would be calling me at this time?’ I was worried something was wrong!
“Oh my gosh. I still can’t believe it. I only treat myself to lotteries when there’s a big jackpot, and I saw $100 million on offer in Oz Lotto and decided to give it a go.
“I still feel like I’m being pranked or I’m dreaming”.
The woman admitted the money will change her life forever.
“I love my job, but I won’t need to work seven days a week anymore. It’s actually really nice to think that I won’t need to work!” she said.
“I’ll finally be able to buy a house of my own. It’s so exciting.
“I’ll start treating myself more. I’ll go on some holidays!”
The woman’s 50-game QuickPick entry was purchased online from The Lott website.
In addition to the division one winner, there were 1,881,633 wins across divisions two to seven that collectively took home more than $42 million in prize money.
There were also 26 division two winners who each scored $59,597.70.
