A Gold Coast family’s dream of winning the Lotto has come true, with the lucky locals scoring a massive $1.8 million.
The winner, a local mum from Helensvale, admits she and her family have spent years joking about one day winning the lottery, and now they’re laughing all the way to the bank with their mega-win in Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
It comes after the Lott released a public announcement on Monday urging Gold Coasters to check their tickets, because the division one winning entry was unregistered meaning officials had no way of contacting the winner.
The mystery winner held one of the 11 division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4409, drawn Saturday 21 October.
The winning ticket was purchased at Pacific Fair News at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre.
Thankfully, the very lucky local eventually checked her ticket, becoming a newly minted millionaire.
“Oh my god! Oh my god! I’ve never won that type of money in my life!” she told officials from The Lott.
“Luckily, I’m sitting down, or I might fall over. You don’t know how much this means to us,
“I’m not a regular player to be honest. I buy a QuickPick once in a while. The maximum I’ve ever won is $16 or $17 dollars,
“Our family has always joked about what we would do if we won the Lotto. A lot of hypotheticals! It’s always, ‘If we win lotto, we could do this'”.
The Helensvale mum says she’ll be using the $1.8 million to help her nearest and dearest.
“This is going to help my family so much,
“I’ll help my daughter and son because they need it the most. This is amazing.”
The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4409 on 21 October 2023 were 30, 29, 7, 2, 31 and 12, while the supplementary numbers were 9 and 33.
