What started as a casual scroll through Facebook ended in a life-changing revelation for a Queanbeyan man, who discovered he was holding a Saturday Lotto ticket worth more than $1.4 million.
The Southern Tablelands region player held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4595, drawn Saturday 2 August 2025. Each division one winning entry pocketed $1,428,571.43.
As the winning entry wasn't registered to The Lott Members Club, we had no way of contacting the ticketholder and had to wait for him to check his ticket and come forward.
When speaking to us days after the winning numbers were drawn, the stunned winner confessed he'd barely slept a wink since checking his winning ticket.
"I've been blown away ever since I checked my ticket," he said.
"I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a post about a mystery Saturday Lotto winner in the area.
"I had a check of the winning numbers, and they all seemed to match my ticket.
"I couldn't believe it. I had to double-check the results and my ticket a few times.
"I had a pretty sleepless night after that.
"I was tossing and turning, not sure whether it was real or not."
With $1.4 million soon to boost his bank account, the winning man shared there were plenty of things he'd like to do with his prize.
"First things first, I'm wiping out my mortgage," he shared.
"I'm also getting closer to retirement age, so it'll help make things easy.
"There's too many different things I could do. I'll let the dust settle for now."
His winning entry was purchased at Karabar Newsagency, Karabar Shopping Mall, Shop 6, 6-8 Southbar Road & Cooma Road, Queanbeyan.
Karabar Newsagency manager Mara shared she was over the moon to have sold a division one winning ticket and had no doubt the winning news would spark excitement and hope in the local community.
"That's amazing! Just great news to start our week," she cheered.
"I'm just over the moon to hear we've sold a division one winning ticket, and I really hope it's a local who has won.
"It's an absolute privilege to be of service to our local community and I can't contain my excitement.
"Selling a division one winning ticket makes the experience real for us and our customers. It's going to spark excitement and hope in our town.
"We wish our winner happiness and enjoyment with their prize!"
