Hardworking Aussie bloke wakes up wife to let her know they’d just won $1.7million in TattsLotto

A Victoria man has admitted waking his wife from a peaceful sleep in the early hours of the morning to announce their life-changing $1.7 million win in the weekend’s TattsLotto.

The Gippsland residents had one of three winning entries from Division 1 in the TattsLotto draw 4401, drawn on Saturday 23 September 2023, taking home a total prize of $1,720,294.16.

The duo explained that their minds were still racing despite discovering their new fortune on Sunday morning.

‘Woohoo! Wow!’ cheered the winning husband.

‘How do we feel? Incredibly awesome! On the roof of the world!

“This is life-changing for us. We had to stop each other’s thoughts.’

The winning woman couldn’t contain her excitement as she explained how the million dollar discovery came about.

“He came in at 6:10 on Sunday morning and woke me up in a frenzy,” she said.

“He told me we won $1.7 million, but he thought it was a scam. I also thought he was joking, but then we watched it together and realized it was real.”

With $1.7 million set to boost their bank accounts and their future plans, Victorians were keen to take a step back and relax for the coming years.

‘To be honest, we don’t know exactly what we want to do with the prize, but we look forward to going through life with a little ease. “We have worked hard all our lives,” she said.

‘We continue to think about what to do, but we want to be realistic and make sensible decisions.

‘One thing we know is how to celebrate, and that’s exactly what we did this weekend.

‘We keep this victory to ourselves because we live in a small town, but that makes it extra special.’

Their winning 50-game QuickPick was purchased from Raymond Street Lotto, 189 Raymond Street, Sale.

Raymond Street Lotto manager Angela Harry said she was so proud of her whole team for selling a winning Division One entry and changing the lives of a local family.

“Raymond Street Lotto is extremely pleased to have sold a winning Division 1 entry in last weekend’s TattsLotto draw and we couldn’t be happier for our local winners,” she said.

‘We’ve been talking about it all morning with customers wondering who the lucky winners could be!

“We are so pleased to hear that the winning division one entry went to a local family who have supported us for years.

‘We would like to congratulate them on their life-changing win and thank them for choosing Raymond Street Lotto to purchase their tickets.

‘Hopefully this is the start of a series of victories for us and many more winning tickets for the First Division will follow!’

The winning numbers in the Saturday Lotto draw 4401 on September 23, 2023 were 13, 16, 21, 29, 45 and 4, while the additional numbers were 11 and 6.

Across Australia, there were three winning Division One entries in TattsLotto draw 4401: two in Victoria and one in New South Wales.

The number of Lott’s Division One winners now stands at 303 in 2023, including 101 won by Tatts customers.

In FY23, TattsLotto created 158 millionaires across Australia.

During this time there were 332 Division 1 winners in TattsLotto entries across Australia, who together won more than $463.06 million.