A Sydney woman has come forward to claim the $100million Oz Lotto prize and revealed she plans to quit her job and buy a house with the money.
The woman from Elizabeth Hills, Western Sydney, held the only first division-winning entry nationally in Oz Lotto draw 1616, drawn Tuesday, and took out the $100million prize.
She was called late on Tuesday night by officials from The Lott, who revealed the incredible news.
‘Who is this? Why are you calling this late?’ she said during the call.
‘That’s crazy. I just finished watching tonight’s episode of Married At First Sight, and I was falling asleep as you called me.
‘It’s 10pm here and when I saw multiple missed calls, I thought, ‘Who would be calling me at this time?’ I was worried something was wrong.’
The hardworking woman revealed her plans to resign from her job and purchase a home.
‘I love my job, but I won’t need to work seven days a week anymore. It’s actually really nice to think that I won’t need to work,’ she said.
A Sydney woman has come forward to claim the $100million Oz Lotto prize and revealed she plans to quit her job and buy a house with the money
‘I’ll finally be able to buy a place of my own. It’s so exciting. I’ll start treating myself more. I’ll go on some holidays.’
Tuesday’s jackpot was the largest since 2012, when the prize was split four ways.
But last night’s prize is the largest to ever go to a single person in Oz Lotto’s history.
An Adelaide man became Australia’s largest-ever individual lottery winner in May, when he claimed the $150million Powerball prize.
Yesterday’s winning numbers were were 3, 34, 35, 26, 44, 39 and 36, while the supplementary numbers were 5, 45 and 6.
Gambler’s Help puts the chance of taking the first-division Oz Lotto prize, by getting all seven numbers correct, at less than one in 62 million.
