A family-oriented lotto winner has revealed the first phone call she made after becoming a new multi-millionaire.
The woman from the Lake Illawarra region, about 100 kilometers south of Sydney, said: “I have to call mum and dad. I’ll make sure they have a seat at the table after her $2 million lottery win on Saturday.
The unnamed New South Wales resident was one of ten winners of the first division of Saturday Lotto draw 4515.
Each winning entry from the division won $2 million.
The winner was stunned when The Lott got in touch after initially declining calls.
“Sh**, I’ve been ignoring your calls all day,” she said.
‘I’m shaking. Oh my god, I can’t stop smiling and laughing.’
She said she had just checked her ticket and revealed what she would do with her new fortune.
The lucky $2 million winner from NSW’s Lake Illawarra region said: ‘I’ve got to call mum and dad, I’ll make sure they sit down’ (stock image)
The winner revealed that she will buy a house with her winnings to be closer to her parents. ‘We’ve always talked about it, but now it can become reality’ (stock image)
‘I can buy a house, but I don’t have a mortgage. I can’t believe it.’
She said she can now move closer to her parents, or they can move closer to her.
“We’ve always talked about it, but now it can become a reality.”
The ecstatic winner said it would be a slightly awkward conversation with her father about how she chose her grades.
“Dad won’t believe it if I tell him I won on a QuickPick because he’s been playing the same numbers for years and has never won anything like that.”
She was concerned about how she would keep the exciting news to herself.
‘Oh god. I don’t know how I’ll keep my mouth shut tomorrow; I can never keep secrets.”
One of the ten division one winners in Saturday’s lotto draw is from the Lake Illawarra region south of Sydney (stock image)
Her 18-match QuickPick entry was purchased through the Lott app.
The winning numbers in the Saturday Lotto draw 4515 on October 26, 2024 were 42, 35, 1, 43, 25 and 29, while the additional numbers were 19 and 31.
There were 10 winning division one entries across Australia, four in New South Wales, three in Queensland, two in Western Australia and one in Victoria.
The number of Lott’s Division 1 winning tickets has reached 375 so far in 2024, including 107 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
A spokesperson for The Lott said Saturday Lotto created 158 millionaires across Australia in the 2024 financial year.
There were 291 Division 1 winning Saturday Lotto entries across Australia, which together won more than $436 million.
The spokesperson said: “Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.8 billion through state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.”