A hardworking Walgett woman says she always knew she’d get a call from NSW Lotteries one day to tell her she was a Saturday Lotto division one winner.
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On Monday it happened.
The woman was one of 13 division one winners nationally who each took home a prize of $329,266.60 in Saturday’s Gold Lotto draw.
A NSW Lotteries official broke the dream-come-true news to the woman first thing Monday morning, leaving her shocked and shaking.
“Oh my god! How much? Can you say that again?” she said.
“Friggin’ hell. Thank you. I’m totally gobsmacked.
“I’m just completely friggin’ overwhelmed – it couldn’t have come at a better time.”
The woman explained she completed her 4-game marked entry using numbers that were special to her.
With the win still sinking in, the woman is yet to decide how she will spend her surprise windfall, but said it would be an enormous help.
“I always knew I’d get a call one day. I just knew. Finally it came. Hallelujah.” she said.
“If I could do a backflip mate I would.”
The winner purchased their winning 4-game marked entry from Walgett Newsagency, 79-81 Fox Street, Walgett.
Walgett Newsagency owner David Thwaites is celebrating his outlet selling its first division one winning entry since he took over the store in 2010.
“It’s terrific news. We’re are super excited – not just for the outlet but for the winner,” he said.
“We’ve been waiting so long to have a division one winner and now it’s finally happened. It’s created a hive of activity.
“With the Saturday Lotto $20 Million Superdraw this weekend hopefully it won’t be long until we sell our next division one winning entry.”
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 3757 on Saturday, July 22 were 32, 42, 27, 44, 11 and 22, while the supplementary numbers were 7 and 39.
Across Australia there were 13 division one winning entries for Saturday Lotto draw 3757, including two from New South Wales, three from Queensland, six from Victoria and three from Western Australia.
Last financial year, there were 275 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $283 million.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 220 so far this calendar year, including 58 won by NSW Lotteries customers.