A Cranbourne council worker took home $1.4 million in the TattsLotto draw, which fuelled his dream of retiring and relocating to be closer to his children.
The Melburnian held one of the seven division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4431, drawn Saturday 6 January, and looks forward to a total division one prize of $1,428,580.38.
The news came as a complete shock after the winning man revealed he normally didn’t win anything more than a chook raffle.
“I’m in shock,” he said.
“I think I checked the ticket more than 10 times.
“Thank you so much. I don’t know how to process this.”
He said he did not get much sleep learning the news.
“I’m not a regular TattsLotto player. In fact, I don’t usually purchase tickets into TattsLotto, but I saw the offer was $10 million, and I thought to myself, ‘Oh, wouldn’t that be nice to win,” he said.
“I purchased a QuickPick into the draw and didn’t think twice. I guess now these are my lucky numbers.”
The lucky man has already been planning his after-lottery life.
“My kids live up in Queensland. I’ve been thinking of retiring from my council job and moving to be closer to them. They all live there. One in Brisbane, and the rest in the Sunshine Coast,” he said.
“My siblings also have been asking when I’d be taking some leave to come visit them on holiday and now I can. I’ll have all the leave in the world!”
His winning 50-game QuickPick was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4431 on 6 January 2024 were 17, 12, 36, 42, 13, and 34, while the supplementary numbers were 41 and 38.
Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4431 – three in New South Wales, and one each in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria Queensland, and South Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 216 so far in FY24, including 73 won by Tatts customers.
In 2023, TattsLotto created 176 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 303 division one winning in TattsLotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $436 million.
