A man from a small rural town has come forward to claim his $50 million OzLotto prize.
The man from Burra, 160 kilometers north of Adelaide, which has a population of just 1,100, revealed his working days would end after winning the jackpot.
‘Oh my god. I can’t believe it. I was saying to myself this morning: $50,000 would be nice for Christmas, but $50 million.
‘I didn’t even know he had won the Oz Lotto jackpot and that there was a winner. I just came to check my ticket.
When asked how he could best enjoy his Oz Lotto reward, the surprised winner confessed that he was too overwhelmed to make any firm plans.
‘I don’t think I’ll work again. “I think my working days are over,” he said.
‘This does absolutely everything for me. Absolutely everything,’ he said. “I’ll treat myself and help my family.”
The winning numbers from Tuesday’s draw were 1,29,20,23,34,46 and 39, with 42,43 and 24 being the supplementary numbers.
A man from Burra, a rural South Australian town about 100 miles north of Adelaide, came forward to claim a huge $50 million jackpot in Tuesday’s Oz Lotto draw (file image).
The man’s winning entry was purchased at Burra Terry White Chemmart.
Store manager Kelly Bray said they were “very excited for our winner.”
“We wish him all the best with his award,” they added.
Ten Australians won $62,689.10 each after splitting the second division pool, while 139 third division winners walked away with $5,330.
The Lott division one winner count has reached 418 people so far in 2024.
In fiscal year 2024, there were 292 winning division one Saturday lottery tickets totaling more than $436 million, creating 158 millionaires nationwide.