A Carrum mum’s life is set to change dramatically after she won a $683,000 slice of the $5.5 million jackpot in the TattsLotto draw 4443, held on Saturday, 17 February 2024.
The south-eastern Melbourne resident has shared that her morning wasn’t going to plan until she picked up the phone from lottery officials to discover her newfound fortune.
“What?! Are you kidding me!” she joyfully yelled.
“Oh my goodness me! I can’t believe it!
“Oh wow. Oh wow. I had no idea! It’s a bit of a shock.
“I’ve had an awful morning. What wonderful news!
“You don’t know what this means to me. My family has been through some really tough times and my children will be so excited to hear that I’ve won.
“I’ve been playing for 30-odd years. Ah, I can’t wait to tell my family!
“My cat is sitting here wondering what is going on. She probably thinks something is wrong!”
With $680,000 about to land in her bank account, the Melburnian shared it would be of enormous help to her family.
“This will help my family so much. I can’t believe it – something good is here!” she said.
“I think I might surprise my kids tonight. I’ll say to them, ‘Hey! I need to tell you something good’.
“They’ll have to all come over and we will go out to a nice dinner to celebrate.
“Thank you so much for the beautiful phone call.”
Her winning 36-game QuickPick was purchased at Patterson Lakes Pharmacy, Shop 7, Lakeview Shopping Centre, Thompson Road, Patterson Lakes.
Patterson Lakes Pharmacy Tatts manager Hang Nguyen said it was awesome his outlet had sold a division one winning entry to a local customer.
“It’s such a heartfelt moment, and we’re overjoyed to be a part of it! It was such great news to hear about on our weekend,” he said.
“We’ve already started to order some big balloons to decorate the store with and we’ve already ordered some bubbly to open up with the team to celebrate.
“We’ve started to tell some of our customers that we’ve sold a division one winning entry and their reactions have been great. One customer’s eyes opened wide with excitement!
“Our last division one winning entry was in 2019, so this has been a long time coming and we’re super excited for the customer. Thank you for supporting us and we wish you the very best!”
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4443 on 17 February 2024 were 22, 11, 34, 28, 25 and 7, while the supplementary numbers were 32 and 35.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4443 – five in Victoria and three in New South Wales.
Note that Saturday Lotto is marketed as Gold Lotto in Queensland, X Lotto in South Australia and TattsLotto in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.
You can find the results of the draw here: Eight Entries Take Saturday Lotto Jackpot
