How LotteryWest, OzLotto $30m prize winners reacted
Winner of $30 million Oz Lotto prize refuses to believe the life-changing news and ‘goes back to eating’ — one of eight golf buddies to share the windfall
- Eight friends won the $30 million Oz Lotto
- They decided to buy tickets after playing golf
A group of eight friends in their 40s were the sole winners of the biggest Oz Lotto draw of the year to date, worth a whopping $30 million.
The friends from Western Australia said that after a few rounds of golf they decided to enter Tuesday’s draw together and bought their tickets from the state’s lottery service, Lotterywest.
One of the men said he was enjoying a roast beef dinner with his wife when he decided to check the lucky ticket online.
“I started calling the rest of the group to tell them we’d won,” he said.
“One of the boys didn’t believe me and continued eating.
“Another group member told me if it was a prank, he’d come over and I’d be in trouble.”
A group of eight friends in WA were the only winners of Tuesday’s division one jackpot worth $30 million (stock image)
After staying up most of the night celebrating, the group headed to the raffle office on Wednesday morning to claim their prize.
They had purchased a Slikpik 50 ticket, also known as QuickPick, and are the 2023 sixth division winners.
The friends say they plan to use the money to pay off their mortgage and go on holiday abroad.
One of them said he would use part of his share to upgrade his car from the one he bought as a teenager when he got his P license plate.
Tuesday’s winning numbers were 19, 47, 15, 46, 12, 9 and 21 with the additional numbers 16, 34 and 30.
Another six players took home $64,355.20 from the division two prize pool, and an additional 88 division three winners received $5,185.65 each.
The winning numbers for Tuesday’s Oz Lotto draw were 19, 47, 15, 46, 12, 9 and 21 with the additional numbers 16, 34 and 30
Two of those division two players were also Western Australians who bought their tickets through Lotterywest.
“We are thrilled to welcome another big win for WA just a few weeks after we celebrated a Swan Valley family taking home $40 million worth of Powerball,” Lotterywest CEO Ralph Addis said of the win. the friends.
“The WA community is also a winner after Tuesday’s drawing, with over $1.27 million raised thanks to players during the five-week jackpot roll that will contribute to our scholarship program.”
The jackpot was the largest offered by Oz Lotto so far this year, matched only by the upcoming Thursday Powerball draw for the country’s biggest lottery prize in 2023.