A Queensland man's morning routine got a bubbly upgrade after discovering his incredible $50 million win in last night's Oz Lotto draw. This windfall makes him the third-biggest lottery winner in Australia so far for 2024.
The Sunshine Coast winner held the only division one winning entry nationally in Oz Lotto draw 1573, drawn Tuesday, 9 April 2024, bagging the entire $50 million jackpot.
The Queenslander is the third-biggest winner of any lottery game so far in 2024.
Although the entry was registered to an online account, lotto officials couldn't reach out to the new multi-millionaire last night to deliver the life-changing news until this morning when he saw multiple missed calls.
“I’m sort of in shock. Is that true?” the winner laughed when he answered the call this morning.
“Oh my god! It’s not big, mate. It’s mind-blowing!
“I’m shaking.
“I slept peacefully last night as I’d left my phone in another room. I had no idea until I saw all the missed calls this morning. I thought, ‘that’s unusual’. Then I heard the voicemail and thought, ‘this is getting weird’.
“I’ve gone through the ticket 15 times! Sh**!
“This is mind-altering. It means I can resign from work – that’ll be it!
“When my bank manager asked me years ago what my retirement plans, I said, ‘to win the lottery’. He just laughed at me. Well, I have!
“Another thing will be paying off the mortgage. That’s the very first thing. For the first time, I’m going to own my house outright.
“I don’t know how to feel. You made my day, made my life!
“I know it’s only early morning, but I think we’ll pop some champagne to celebrate.”
The man’s entry was a 6-game QuickPick entry.
So far this year, there have been four Oz Lotto division one wins across Australia that have collectively taken home $90 million in prize money – with two wins each in Queensland and New South Wales.
In addition to the sole division one winner in last night’s Oz Lotto draw 1573 on 9 April 2024, 881,769 winners across divisions two to seven who collected $19,069,871.70. This includes 14 division two winners who each pocketed $49,961.40.
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto draw 1573 on Tuesday 9 April 2024 were 18, 28, 2, 4, 1, 47 and 37, while the supplementary numbers were 11, 24 and 27.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1573 – the entry from Queensland.
