A Landsborough man has swapped his morning cereal for champagne to celebrate his “mind-altering” $50 million win in last night’s Oz Lotto draw.
The Sunshine Coast winner held the only division one winning entry nationally and takes home the entire jackpot.
He’s the third-biggest winner of any lottery game so far in 2024.
While officials from The Lott attempted to reach out to the new multi-millionaire last night, the winner didn’t discover his good fortune until this morning when he saw multiple missed calls.
Although the entry is registered to an online account, officials from The Lott were unable to make contact with the winner last night on the contact details provided to deliver the life-changing news.
“I’m sort of in shock. Is that true?” the winner laughed.
“Oh my god! It’s not big, mate. It’s mind-blowing!
“I’m shaking.
“I slept peacefully last night as I’d left my phone in another room. I had no idea until I saw all the missed calls this morning. I thought, ‘that’s unusual’. Then I heard the voicemail and thought, ‘this is getting weird’.
“I’ve gone through the ticket 15 times! Sh**!
“This is mind-altering. It means I can resign from work – that’ll be it!
“When my bank manager asked me years ago what my retirement plans, I said, ‘to win the lottery’. He just laughed at me. Well, I have!
“Another thing will be paying off the mortgage. That’s the very first thing. For the first time, I’m going to own my house outright.
“I don’t know how to feel. You made my day, made my life!
“I know it’s only early morning, but I think we’ll pop some champagne to celebrate.”
The man’s winning 6-game QuickPick entry was purchased on The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
So far this year, there have been four Oz Lotto division one wins across Australia that have collectively taken home $90 million in prize money – with two wins each in Queensland and New South Wales.
In addition to the sole division one winner in last night’s draw, 881,769 winners across divisions two to seven who collected $19,069,871.70. This includes 14 division two winners who each pocketed $49,961.40.
