- An Australian believed he had won $1,600
- The reward amounted to $1.6 million.
A Australian dad experienced an unexpected surprise when he first thought he had won $1,600, only to later find out it was actually $1.6 million.
The Melbourne A man was among the four Division One winners in the TattsLotto draw held on Saturday.
He remembered the instant when he understood his reward was significantly larger than $1,600.
"IT STILL HASN'T SETTLED IN!" he chuckled. "It's still not clicking!" he grinned. "It's still not hitting me!" he laughed. "It's still not registering!" he said with a smile. "It's still not making sense!" he joked.
It was Saturday evening, and I was spending time with my grown children when I looked at my TattsLotto ticket.
"I looked at them and exclaimed, 'I've earned $1,600! Yay!'”
Then my son looked at the ticket and exclaimed, 'No Dad, you've won $1.6 million! You've hit the top prize!' I kept repeating, 'No! I've only won $1,600!'
The fortunate recipient stated he was in 'disbelief'.
"I have often envisioned how I would respond to winning the big award, but when it finally occurred, I simply felt stunned," he stated.
I have been using the same lottery numbers for two and a half years. I'm not sure why I picked them, but I have continued with them from the start.
I didn't think I'd ever get to see the interior of the Lott Building!
Many thanks. This is a wonderful award.
The successful lottery ticket was bought at Moomba Park Authorized News Agency in Fawkner.
Owner Kevin Liu mentioned it was his eighth time selling a winning ticket for the first-tier draw.
"This year marks our tenth anniversary of overseeing the company since 2016, and this is our eighth Division One-winning submission sold within the past decade," he stated.
We are extremely happy to have sold yet another Division One champion and our clients have also shown their enthusiasm over the last week.
We have adorned the shop with numerous balloons and banners to mark this remarkable achievement.
We hope the champion from our department has tremendous success in the days ahead!
Out of the four recipients, two are situated in Victoria, with one each in Queensland and South Australia.
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