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A Cessnock couple say they've been stuck in a surreal loop of rechecking their ticket after discovering they'd scored more than $1.2 million in the weekend's Saturday Lotto draw.
The Hunter Valley residents held one of the five division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4689 on Saturday 27 June 2026. Each division one winning entry pocketed $1,276,481.57.
When we called to confirm the life-changing win, the couple said the reality still hadn't quite sunk in.
"I couldn't be better today!" the winning husband laughed.
"We've been double-checking it nonstop. It's very surreal.
"I initially saw it when I got a notification saying I'd had a win. I thought it would be my usual $10 or $20. Then I opened it and thought it was $12,000.
"I finally got my wife to check it and that's when it hit how much it really was."
The couple shared the prize had arrived at the perfect time, fast-tracking plans they'd been saving hard towards.
"We've been throwing around all sorts of ideas," they said.
"One thing we'll do is some renovations. We've been saving madly for them, so this is a huge help.
"After that, we can do something nice for ourselves."
Their winning 25-game QuickPick was purchased from Cessnock West Newsagency, 119 Wollombi Road, Cessnock.
Cessnock West Newsagency owner Troy Neil shared he was over the moon to hear the winning news about one of his customers.
"We did it! Congratulations to the winner!" he said.
"The last time we sold a major prize winning ticket was in 2021 when we sold a 1st Prize winning ticket in Lucky Lotteries.
"I think everyone will be happy to see someone in our region won so much.
"Here's to selling more winning tickets soon!"
