A ticket purchased in Dubbo scored a $1 million share in last night’s Monday Lotto.

As the owner of the winning ticket is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials are unable to make contact with the lucky winner, they may even be unaware of their good fortune.

NSW Lotteries officials are advising all Dubbo residents to urgently check their pockets and purses for Monday Lotto tickets, there is a $1 million surprise in store for the lucky winner.

The winning entry was purchased from Talbragar Street Newsagency at 93-95 Talbragar Street, Dubbo.

Peter Snare from Talbragar Street Newsagency said that it was wonderful to see another big win come to Dubbo.

“When I saw the message this morning, I thought, ‘you beauty, another win,” he said.

“We’ve got a good track record here; this is the fourth $1 million winner we’ve sold,” Mr Snare told a NSW Lotteries official.

“As we have been telling people about it this morning, they all start diving into their bags and searching their pockets to check for tickets, there are a lot of people hoping they have the ticket worth $1 million,” Mr Snare added.

Two winners shared the $2 million division one prize in Monday Lotto, draw 2960. Along with the winning entry sold in Dubbo another winning entry was sold in Victoria.

The winning numbers from Monday night’s $2 million Lotto draw were 44, 36, 19, 5, 25 and 6, with the supplementary numbers 24 and 10.
Release date: Tuesday 31 August 2010

Saturday Lotto’s $4 million prize was shared among eight winners nationally with three NSW winners each scoring a $547,301.28 share.

The NSW winning entries belong to a pensioner from the coastal town of Killarney Vale, a mystery winner who purchased their winning entry in the Newcastle suburb of Warabrook and a NSW Lotteries Players Club member who purchased their ticket in the Sydney suburb of Sylvania Waters.

Killarney Vale

A Killarney Vale family man was waiting by the telephone this morning to receive a confirmation call from NSW Lotteries.

The winner in his seventies checked his numbers on Sunday morning and although he was aware of his $547,301.28 windfall he was keen to have it officially confirmed.

“I’ve seen some hard times believe me and now that I’ve won Lotto I’m looking forward to sitting back and relaxing,” the Killarney Vale winner said.

“I’ve always said to my wife I’d be happy just to win a share, so I’m very happy that I’ve won and now I know it is absolutely true. I didn’t want to believe it until you called me, now that you have it feels more real.”

The Killarney Vale pensioner shared his secret to picking the winning numbers.

“Ten years ago we picked our numbers by writing all the numbers on pieces of paper, putting them in an old margarine tub and drawing them out one by one, we’ve played the same numbers since,” the winner added.

The winner purchased his entry from Killarney Vale Newsagency at 112 Wyong Road, Killarney Vale.

Warabrook

As the winner who purchased their winning Saturday Lotto entry in Warabrook is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the winner.

NSW Lotteries officials urge anyone who purchased their Saturday Lotto ticket from Warabrook Newsagency at Shop 3, Warabrook Shopping Centre, 3 Angaphora Drive, Warabrook to check their ticket urgently as it may be worth $547,301.28 to them.

Sylvania Waters

Although the $547,301.28 Saturday Lotto winning entry purchased in the Sydney suburb of Sylvania Waters is registered to a NSW Lotteries Players Club member, NSW Lotteries officials were unable to contact them by telephone this morning. They may be unaware of their good fortune.

The winning entry was purchased from Sylvania Waters Newsagency at Shop 3, 12 Murrumbidgee Avenue, Sylvania Waters.

Eight winners nationally shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million prize. Along with the three winning entries sold in NSW, four winning entries were sold in Victoria and one in Western Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 16, 8, 31, 1, 11 and 38, with the supplementary numbers 15 and 33.
Release date: Monday 23 August 2010

Last night’s $2 million Wednesday Lotto prize was shared by a winner who purchased their entry in Casino and a 20 share NSW Lotteries network-wide syndicate.

The winning ticket purchased in Casino in Northern NSW won a $1 million share of the Wednesday Lotto prize. The NSW Lotteries network-wide syndicate also won $1 million with each of the 20 syndicate members scoring a $50,000 share.

Casino

Although the owner of the $1 million winning ticket purchased in Casino is registered with NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have been unable to contact them by phone.

New South Wales Lotteries is urging all players who purchased their ticket from Barker Street Newsagency at 125 Barker Street, Casino to check their entry.

NSW Lotteries network-wide syndicate
Twenty winners, who are all members of a NSW Lotteries network-wide syndicate shared $1 million in last night’s Wednesday Lotto draw.

Each syndicate member will collect $50,743.41, which includes $743.41 in divisional prizes.

NSW Lotteries Communications Executive, Una O’Neill said that syndicates allow the cost of a large entry to be shared by multiple players.

“Syndicates are a very popular way of sharing the cost of a large entry. Each syndicate member receives an individual ticket and claims their prize separately,” Ms O’Neill said.

Fifteen members of the winning syndicate are registered with NSW Lotteries Players Club and will be contacted regarding their win. The remaining five winners will find out about their windfall when they check their entry.

Table of NSW Lotteries $1 million winning on-line network-wide syndicate

NSW Lotteries on-line sales, 5 shares
Lalor Park Newsagency, Lalor Park
Kingsford Newsagency, Kingsford
Guildford Newsagency, Guildford
Edensor Park Newsagency, Edensor Park, 2 shares
Viva Newsagency, Hurstville
Macarthur Square Newsagency, Campbelltown
Forest Road Newsagency, Hurstville
Wanniassa Newsagency, Wanniassa
Macquarie Street Newsagency, Dubbo
Gainsborough Newsagency, Kiama Downs
Botany Newsagency, Botany
Liverpool Newsagency, Liverpool
Kingscliff Village Newsagency, Kingscliff
Belrose Village Newsagency, Belrose

The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s $2 million Lotto draw were 4, 16, 23, 30, 36 and 38, with the supplementary numbers 31 and 29.
Release date: Thursday 19 August 2010

A Winston Hills man, who wishes to remain anonymous, won a $2 million share in Saturday Lotto. The winner told NSW Lotteries officials that he will spend his money wisely and use it to help others.

“I will put this money to good use and use it to help people and do good,” the Winston Hills winner said this morning.

The $2 million winning ticket was purchased from Winston Hills Newsagency at Shop 3, Winston Hills Mall, Winston Hills.

John Leckie, proprietor of Winston Hills Newsagency said that selling a $2 million winning Lotto ticket was a wonderful surprise.

“The winner came in early yesterday morning to check his numbers before I even knew we had sold a winning ticket in Saturday Lotto, it was a pleasant surprise for both of us,” Mr Leckie said.

“It was very exciting to see the face of one of our regular customers finding out they are a Lotto millionaire.

“We’ve been waiting to make someone a millionaire, I can’t believe that I had the winning ticket in my hands, I almost wish they were my numbers,” Mr Leckie joked.

Two winners nationally shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million prize. Along with the winning entry sold in NSW a winning entry was also sold in Victoria.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 31, 29, 12, 13, 2 and 40, with the supplementary numbers 21 and 25.
Release date: Monday 16 August 2010

A Port Macquarie man is the sole winner of last night’s Wednesday Lotto $2 million jackpot prize.

“I’ll be darned,” the shocked winner in his fifties repeated over and over when a NSW Lotteries official informed him of his $2 million windfall.

“This means so much,” the emotional winner said.

“I’m a hard worker; we’ve been to the brink and back. A few years ago we financially lost a lot and I’ve been working two jobs just to make ends meet since then.

“I don’t know how I’ll break this news to my wife, she won’t believe me. Maybe I’ll plan a surprise trip for her as well,” the winner added.

When asked how he and his wife will enjoy their $2 million windfall the winner answered, “I’m very careful with my money; this win will make retirement a lot easier for us. This makes the future look brighter.

“There will be a new car in the driveway that’s for sure and I’ll never mow the lawn again, now I can get someone to do it for me,” laughed Port Macquarie’s $2 million Lotto winner.

The winning entry was purchased from Lighthouse Plaza Newsagency at Shop 5, Lighthouse Plaza, 100 Ocean Drive, Port Macquarie.

Meryl Grant from Lighthouse Plaza Newsagency said that they were just so excited.

“It is a wonderful feeling to know that a ticket we sold will bring so much happiness to a local. Imagine waking up this morning and finding out you’ve just won Lotto, I’m delighted for the winner.” she said this morning.

NSW Lotteries officials were able to contact Port Macquarie’s $2 million Wednesday Lotto winner as they are a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club. For just a small annual fee players can protect their prizes and ensure they can be contacted with news of a major win.

The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s $2 million jackpot Lotto draw were 9, 20, 45, 30, 42 and 35, with the supplementary numbers 7 and 4.
Release date: Thursday 12 August 2010

The owner of the $1 million Monday Lotto winning ticket purchased from the NSW Lotteries exclusive on-line agent, Oz Lotteries, can expect a phone call from NSW Lotteries officials today to break news of their amazing windfall.

As the winner is a registered Players Club member, officials are able to use their registered contact details to personally inform them of their $1 million win.

Further information on the location of the winner is not available.

The winning numbers from Monday night’s $1 million Lotto draw were 26, 31, 32, 5, 41 and 21, with the supplementary numbers 6 and 35.
Release date: Tuesday 3 August 2010

A mystery Sydney Lotto player is $1 million better off after picking up a share in Saturday Lotto’s $20 million Superdraw.

Saturday Lotto players who purchased their tickets in the Sydney suburb of Earlwood will be eagerly checking tickets today in the hope that they are the mystery $1 million winner.

The unregistered winning ticket was sold from Earlwood Newsagency at 359 Homer Street, Earlwood.

“It is absolutely wonderful to know that we have made one of our customers a millionaire. I’ve already checked my ticket and can tell you it’s not me,” joked Tom Vu, manager of Earlwood Newsagency.

“Most of our customers are locals and one of them is in for a big surprise when they check their numbers and see they have won.

“Hopefully the winner comes forward soon, I’ll certainly be asking all of our customers to bring their tickets in for checking, so I hope we find our mystery millionaire today.

“I would love to be the one to tell them that are now a millionaire, that would be very exciting,” Mr Vu added.

NSW Lotteries is urging players in the Earlwood area to check their tickets.

“As our latest millionaire is not a member of Players Club we have no way of contacting them. So if you purchased a Saturday Lotto ticket in the Earlwood area, it would be a very good idea to get it checked today, there is a $1 million surprise in store for the lucky winner,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said.

There were twenty winners in Saturday Lotto’s $20 million Superdraw. Along with the NSW win, nine wins were sold by the Victorian-based lottery operator Tattersall’s, five winning entries were sold in Queensland, four in Western Australia and one in South Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $20 million Lotto Superdraw were 2, 17, 40, 11, 39 and 19 with the supplementary numbers 14 and 20.
Release date: Sunday 18 July 2010

NSW Lotteries Lotto players scored a trifecta in Monday Lotto’s $2 million prize. Winners who purchased their entries in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown, the Illawarra town of Oak Flats and Holt in the ACT each scored a $666,666.67 share of the prize.

Bankstown

It’s a case of two times lucky for the owner of the $666,666.67 winning Monday Lotto ticket purchased in Bankstown. The winner also won a $100,000 prize 16 years ago.

“Goodness me, that is just fantastic, absolutely brilliant. This is the best phone call I’ve ever had,” the retired winner from Punchbowl said this morning.

“I’ve just celebrated my birthday, I turned 73 and now I’ve won Lotto, it’s fantastic. I’m delighted to have shared the prize with other winners too; it makes it even better to know it gets shared around.

“I’ll wait for a little while before I decide what to do, but I will definitely help my children and upgrade my car,” the winner added.

“I want to tell you a little story; 16 years ago in February 1994 I won $100,000 in the $2 Jackpot Lottery. I had very little at the time so I used the money to buy a second hand car, and I still drive that car today,” the twice lucky winner told a NSW Lotteries official.

“I used the rest to help me buy an apartment and I still live here, I can’t believe how lucky I am. I still have the letter I received in 1994,” the winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, said.

The winning entry was sold from Old Town Plaza Newsagency at 118 Old Town Centre Plaza, Bankstown.

“This is the 35th first division prize we’ve sold. We’ve had an absolutely amazing run of luck over the last 23 years,” Kevin Phillips from Old Town Plaza Newsagency said this morning.

Oak Flats

An Oak Flats man said that he couldn’t sleep last night after seeing his six numbers come up in last night’s Lotto draw.
“I was watched the draw from my bed last night and then lay awake until 2.00 am wondering if I had really won. So I got up, made a cup of coffee and checked my numbers on the internet,” the married winner from Oak Flats told a NSW Lotteries official this morning.

“I’ve been wondering if it’s all a dream, I thought maybe I had made a mistake. I knew I would get a phone call from NSW Lotteries if it was true, so I’ve been waiting for the phone to ring. I guess it is true,” the shocked winner said.

“I’ve worked very hard my whole life. I’ve struggled and have never wasted money, so I will be very careful with this. I won’t let it change me,” the father of two added.

The $666,666.67 Monday Lotto winning ticket was sold from Oak Flats Newsagency at 74B Central Avenue, Oak Flats.

“It’s lovely to have a local winner, we’re delighted to have sold a winning ticket to one of our regular customers,” Joe Costabile from Oak Flats Newsagency said.

Holt ACT

“I’ve been sitting by the phone waiting for your call, now that you’ve called me to tell me its all true you’ve made my day” the Holt man said when he received a call from a NSW Lotteries official this morning.

“I missed the draw on TV last night so checked my numbers on the internet. I knew I’d won but wanted to hear it from someone else before I could believe it.

“I’ve been hoping this day would come for a very long time, I’ve been playing the same numbers every draw for so many years I can’t even tell you how long.

“I’ll use the money to invest for the future,” the winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, said this morning.

The winning ticket was purchased from Kippax Fair Newsagency at Shops 25-27, Kippax Fair Shopping Centre, Holt.

“We have been so excited ever since we saw the message about the win this morning. We’re thrilled for the winner,” Cherie Steedman from Kippax Fair Newsagency said this morning.

NSW Lotteries officials were able to contact all three Monday Lotto winners by telephone as they are members of the NSW Lotteries Players Club.

The winning numbers from Monday night’s $2 million Lotto draw were 20, 10, 1, 4, 7 and 16, with the supplementary numbers 9 and 12.

A Lotto entry purchased at the South Coast town of Narooma has won its lucky owner $666,666.67.

The winner, who asked to remain totally anonymous, said that the windfall would “make an amazing difference” to her life.

“I can’t believe it. I can’t wait to tell my husband that he’ll be getting a nice surprise – he deserves it,” the winner said.

The winner plans to use the money to pay off loans.

The winning ticket was sold by Narooma Plaza Sub-Newsagency at Shop 11, Narooma Plaza, Narooma.

“We were really surprised and absolutely delighted to find out that we’ve sold another win,” store manager Bill Bradford said this morning.

“We spent the whole day yesterday wondering if the winner would come in and who they are, so it’s great to hear that they are registered and that they got a call about the win, I’m sure it was the best surprise of their life,” Mr Bradford added.

Six winners nationally shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million. Along with the winning entry sold in NSW, two winning entries were sold in Victoria and Queensland, and one in Western Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 24, 13, 16, 6, 30 and 33, with the supplementary numbers 43 and 34.

A Sydney man recovering from cancer received a welcome boost this morning when he got news of a $10 million win in last night’s Powerball draw.

“I’m sitting on a garbage bin, a kitchen tidy, I still don’t believe it but it’s starting to sink in. I’m on the cordless phone in the kitchen and it was the first place to sit down when you told me to be ready for a shock,” the winner told a NSW Lotteries official this morning.

“I’ve had some moments that were the worst in my life over the past couple of years; this is definitely the best moment in my life, that’s for sure.

“There are a lot of people who will benefit other than just us. I can already see a couple of other people’s faces – that will be worth anything, to see someone’s face change to a smile,” the winner said.

The winner is a retailer in his fifties from the Sutherland Shire area. He said that he and his wife had had a “hard couple of years” due to health problems.

“I’ve had cancer and now I’m recovering, and my wife fell seriously ill as well, and I think it was because of the level of stress she had worrying about me.

“I’d like to buy my dream home up on a cliff on the South Coast, not up too high, just high enough so I don't have to worry about global warming," he joked.

“I really don’t need that much money. I'll just invest it for the interest and enjoy it little bit by little bit,” the winner added.

The winning entry was sold from Hurstville Lotteries at Shop 23, Hurstville Central, Ormonde Parade, Hurstville.

"Its wonderful news, we've been waiting for a big win like this for quite some time," Mark Miao from Hurstville Lotteries said this morning.

"As the shop is at the train station I see lots of people travel to and from work every day. Now that one of my customers has won $10 million I might see one less face travelling to work every day," Mr Miao added.

The winning numbers from last night’s Powerball draw are 39, 43, 17, 40 and 5, with the Powerball number 41.
Release date: Friday 16 July 2010

The mystery surrounding the owner of the $666,666.67 winning Saturday Lotto prize sold at West Gosford has been solved; the winner is a local mum of two.

“I heard on the radio twice yesterday that someone who bought a ticket from West Gosford Newsagency had a win in Saturday Lotto and I said to my husband, ‘we could be in with a chance’. So last night we checked our numbers on the internet and found out that we are the local mystery winners,” the winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, said.

“My husband couldn’t even speak when he found out how much we’d won.

“We have no plans about what to do with the money yet. We are just a normal, average hard-working couple and this will make a huge difference for us,” the winner added.

The winning ticket was purchased from West Gosford Newsagency at Shop 27, West Gosford Shopping Centre, West Gosford.

“We’re very happy for the winner. This is the biggest prize we’ve sold since I took over the business so it’s very exciting,” Robert Hunter, proprietor of West Gosford Newsagency said.

“It’s great to see a big prize like this come to the local community,” Mr Hunter added.

West Gosford’s winner won a $666,666.67 share in Saturday Lotto’s $4 million draw on Saturday 10 July. Along with the West Gosford winning entry, two winning entries were sold in Victoria, and one each in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

NSW Lotteries is looking for the owner of an unregistered ticket, sold in West Gosford. The mystery ticket in question has the six winning Saturday Lotto numbers on it.

The ticket purchased from West Gosford Newsagency at Shop 27, West Gosford Shopping Centre, West Gosford is worth $666,666.67 to its lucky owner.

“Unfortunately, Gosford’s Lotto winner is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, so we do not have their contact details. Players should check their tickets carefully or bring them to their nearest NSW Lotteries agent to check,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said.

“As soon as the winner comes forward we can start the process to pay them their tax-free prize,” Mr Vineburg added.

Six winners nationally shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million. Along with the winning entry sold in NSW, two winning entries were sold in Victoria, and one each in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 23, 40, 42, 38, 30 and 17, with the supplementary numbers 15 and 24.

Charnwood’s mystery Lotto winner got the shock of his life early this morning when he returned to Charnwood Newsagency to check his Wednesday Lotto ticket. The winner was completely unaware that he was Charnwood’s mystery millionaire.

“I didn’t know anything about it until the ticket went through the machine this morning. I still can’t believe it, I just can’t tell you how excited I am,” Charnwood’s Lotto millionaire, who wishes to remain anonymous, said this morning.

“I was absolutely delighted to have been the person to break news of the win to the winner this morning, it was a very heart-warming experience,” Steve Dowling, proprietor of Charnwood Newsagency, where the winning ticket was sold and claimed, said.

“Hopefully the next big win is just around the corner for my customers,” Mr Dowling added.

Charnwood’s latest Lotto millionaire was the sole winner of the $1 million first division prize in the Wednesday Lotto draw on 7 July.
Release date: Friday 9 July 2010

A mystery Wednesday Lotto player who purchased their ticket in Charnwood in the ACT can claim the title of Lotto’s latest millionaire after picking up the entire $1 million first division prize in last night’s Lotto draw.

As the winner is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the lucky person to inform them of the good news. They may be completely unaware that they are now a millionaire thanks to Lotto.

NSW Lotteries officials are advising Lotto players who purchased their tickets from Charnwood Newsagency at Shop 4, Fadco Building, Charnwood to check their numbers very carefully as they could be the mystery millionaire.

“We’re really excited this morning, this win will be life changing for the winner, that’s what winning Lotto does, it changes lives,” Steve Dowling, proprietor of Charnwood Newsagency said.

“Hopefully the winner is diligent about checking their tickets and they find out they’re a millionaire soon,” Mr Dowling added.

The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s $1 million Lotto draw were 24, 15, 38, 4, 10 and 33, with the supplementary numbers 21 and 45.
Release date: Thursday 8 July 2010

Three winning entries, one purchased in Western Australia, one in South Australia, and one from the Victorian-based lottery operator Tattersall’s have each scored $17,058,794.29 in OZ Lotto tonight.

“Although the big prize eluded NSW players, we can confirm that 10 NSW winners each received a $22,833.80 share of the substantial division two prize pool,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said this evening.

Overall there were 414,436 winners from NSW, scoring prizes ranging from $22,833.80 in Division Two to $12.95 in Division Seven.

Around one in four adults in NSW had a ticket in the $50 million OZ Lotto draw.

The winning numbers in tonight’s $50 million OZ Lotto draw were 1, 34, 21, 31, 17, 22 and 45 with the supplementary numbers 7 and 40.

The advertised first division prize guarantee of $50 million swelled to $51,176,382.87 as a result of high player participation in the draw.
Release date: Tuesday 29 June 2010

Two NSW winners shared last night’s $1 million Monday Lotto division one prize; the winning entries were sold in Croydon Park and Budgewoi.

Croydon Park

A Croydon Park woman received an early birthday surprise from Lotto today; the $500,000 winner in her early sixties will celebrate her birthday tomorrow.

“I’m shaking like a leaf, I’ve never won anything big before,” the emotional winner said when a NSW Lotteries official broke news of her win by telephone this morning.

“I can do so much with this money. I’ve been saying to my husband, ‘If I win some money I’m going to fix up the bathroom and the kitchen.’ Now I can fix up the house, it’s great.

“I’m having a family dinner tonight, so I’m going to drop the bombshell then,” the mother of two added.

The winning ticket was purchased from Lee’s Newsagency at 9 Tangarra Street, Croydon Park.

Budgewoi

“Oh golly, oh my God, that is just wonderful,” said a shocked Budgewoi pensioner, who wishes to remain anonymous, when a NSW Lotteries official broke news of her $500,000 win by telephone this morning.

The winning ticket was purchased from Budgewoi Newsagency at 77 Scenic Drive, Budgewoi.

NSW Lotteries officials were able to contact the winners with news of their windfall as they are members of the NSW Lotteries Players Club. For just a small annual fee, players who register their lottery purchases with Players Club can protect their prizes and ensure they can be contacted with news of a big win.

The winning numbers from Monday night’s $1 million Lotto draw were 7, 23, 24, 36, 42 and 43, with the supplementary numbers 35 and 45.
release date: Tuesday 29 June 2010

A Saturday Lotto entry sold at Castle Hill in Sydney’s northwest has scored its owner
$666,666.67.
Although the owner of the winning entry is a member of the NSW Lotteries Players
Club, NSW Lotteries officials were unable to contact the winner by telephone this
morning. A letter informing them of their windfall will be mailed.
The winning entry was sold from Victoria Park Newsagency at Unit 36, 8 Victoria
Avenue, Castle Hill.
“We found out yesterday morning that we sold the NSW winning Saturday Lotto
ticket, I cannot tell you how excited we were,” Margaret Mah from Victoria Park
Newsagency said this morning.
“We’re delighted to add another win to our wall of winners. I would love to say
congratulations to the lucky winner and I hope we can sell more big wins to our
customers,” Ms Mah added.
Six winners shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million division one prize, along with the NSW
winning ticket; three winning tickets were sold in Victoria and one each in
Queensland and Western Australia.
The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 37, 2, 5, 22,
38 and 10, with the supplementary numbers 21 and 23.
Release date: Monday 28 June

Last night’s $10 million Powerball prize was shared by a syndicate of 21 winners in NSW, who each received close to half a million dollars.

The winners were all members of a NSW Lotteries network-wide syndicate, with each member paying just $15.00 to share in a System 11 entry.

Each syndicate member will collect $484,178.76, which includes $7,988.28 in divisional prizes.

“This is the second largest network-wide syndicate prize win in NSW. The biggest remains the $22 million Powerball jackpot shared by 55 syndicate members on 11 May 2006,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said this morning.

Mr Vineburg said that syndicate entries allowed the cost of a large systems entry to be shared by multiple players.

Each player receives their own entry and can claim their prize separately from other syndicate members.

Sixteen of the 21 winning shares were sold in Sydney, two winning shares were sold by NSW Lotteries’ on-line agent, and three of the winning shares were sold in regional NSW.

Eight members of the winning syndicate are registered with NSW Lotteries Players Club and will be contacted by mail regarding their win. The remaining 13 winners will find out about their windfall when they check their entry.

The winning numbers from last night’s Powerball draw are 20, 33, 12, 19 and 42, with the Powerball number 8.

Release Date: Friday 25 June 2010

Table of 21 Syndicate members sharing in $10 million first division prize winning System 11 entry for Powerball draw 736 Thursday 24 June 2010

NSW Lotteries Pitt St Store Sydney
NSW Lotteries On-Line Sale 2 wins
Milsons Point Newsagency Milsons Point
Banksia Pharmacy Banksia
Campsie North Newsagency Campsie
Tuncurry Newsagency Tuncurry
Tobacco Station Wetherill Park
Chatham Newsagency Chatham
Mona Vale Newsagency Mona Vale
Dallas Newsagency Parramatta
Cabra-Vale Newsagency Cabramatta West
Daily Planet Newsagency Sydney
Edensor Park Newsagency Edensor Park
Epping Central Newsagency Epping
Newtown Newsplus Newtown
Mitchums Newsagency Cabramatta
Helensburgh Newsagency Helensburgh
Neeta City Newsagency Fairfield
C & T Newsagency Cabramatta
St Marys Newsagency St Marys

Two NSW winners shared the $3 million first division prize pool in Lotto last night. The winning entries were purchased in the Sydney suburb of Bangor and the NSW town of Singleton - each winning $1.5 million.

Bangor

The Bangor winner is a maintenance worker in his fifties, who said that he was left “unflustered” by his $1.5 million win.

“I’m just cruising at the moment. I actually watched the draw and saw my numbers come out but I didn’t get flustered. I’m a pretty calm sort of guy and I didn’t get overly excited,” the winner told a NSW Lotteries official this afternoon.

The winner said that he had been buying Lotto entries regularly for the past two years because, as he put it, “you just never know your luck”.

He now plans to buy a house and invest the rest of his winnings.

The winning entry was purchased at Bangor Newsagency, at the corner of Menai and Yala Roads, Bangor.

Singleton

While Singleton’s latest Lotto winner is a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have been unable to contact them by telephone this morning. They may be completely unaware of their good fortune.

The winning ticket was purchased from Singleton Pharmacy at 122-124 John Street, Singleton.

Louise Wordsworth from the pharmacy said that they were “on a roll” of selling big Lotto wins.

“We’re ecstatic. It was only about nine weeks ago that we sold a first division Lotto prize, and we sold another major lottery prize before that.

“We’re on a roll. We’ve sold six division one Lotto prizes over the years,” Ms Wordsworth said.

The winning numbers from Monday Lotto’s $3 million draw were 2, 1, 18, 42, 19 and 25 with the supplementary numbers 36 and 5.

Release date: Tuesday 22 June 2010

A Wednesday Lotto entry purchased in Dubbo has won $3 million.

The lucky winner, who was informed of the good news today, has asked to remain totally anonymous.

The winning entry was sold by Dubbo City Newsagency at Shop 4, 169 Macquarie Street, Dubbo.

Agency owner Greg Stevenson said he was excited about selling the huge prize.

“This is fantastic news, I’ve had a great response this morning. There’s a big buzz in Dubbo as people come in to check their tickets, it will brighten the town up.

“This is the biggest win I’ve sold but I’ve only been an agent for eight months. The agency has previously sold a prize of $3.3 million in OZ Lotto in November 1998.”

NSW Lotteries was able to contact the lucky winner because the winning ticket was purchased using a NSW Lotteries Players Club membership card. For just a small annual fee, with Players Club players can protect their prizes and ensure they can be contacted in the event of a big win.

The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s $3 million Lotto draw were 28, 38, 22, 16, 41 and 42, with the supplementary numbers 5 and 19.

Release date: 10 June 2010

A Saturday Lotto entry purchased at St Clair in Sydney’s West has scored its lucky owner $444,444.45.

The winner is registered with NSW Lotteries Players Club but NSW Lotteries officials have been unable to contact them by phone this morning. The winner will be sent a claim form by mail.

The winning entry was sold by newsXpress St Clair at 155 Bennett Road, St Clair.

Agency owner Peter Chalmers said that he had been waiting two years to bring some major Lotto luck to his customers.

“We took over the store about two years ago and it had already sold about 25 major prizes, it feels great to sell a first division Lotto prize ourselves.

“Lotto is very popular in St Clair. We’ve been hoping one of our customers would win the Big One and now it’s happened,” Mr Chalmers said.

Mr Chalmers joked that he may also benefit from the local windfall.

“One of my customers has said that if he won Lotto he would buy the agency. If he was the lucky winner I might be retiring on the North Coast soon,” he said.

NSW Lotteries will be able to contact the lucky winner by mail because the winning ticket was purchased using a NSW Lotteries Players Club membership card. For just a small annual fee, with Players Club players can protect their prizes and ensure they can be contacted in the event of a big win.

Along with the NSW winning entry, four winning entries were sold in Victoria, three in Queensland, and one in Western Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 5, 28, 41, 13, 24 and 26, with the supplementary numbers 25 and 20.

Release date: 7 June 2010

Four winners shared last night’s Monday Lotto Superdraw prize of $5 million with two of the winning entries being sold in NSW. Lotto players who purchased their winning entries in the NSW town of Scone and in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown have each won $1.25 million.

Scone

Even though the owner of the winning ticket, purchased in the Upper Hunter town of Scone, is a member of Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have been unable to contact the winner by telephone this morning. A letter informing them of their windfall will be mailed.

The winning entry was sold from Scone Newsagency at 185 Kelly Street, Scone.

“We are really excited about the win. I had to read the message, telling us we had sold a winning Lotto ticket, a few times to make sure it was true,” Yvonne Lazarus from Scone Newsagency said today.

“A clairvoyant told me that we would have three big wins from this shop and this is the second, I can’t wait to see what the next one will be.

“It’s so great that a big win has come to the area, it’s been a while since we have had a win over the $1 million mark in Scone. I would love the winner to be a local, but I’m delighted for them whoever they are,” Ms Lazarus added.

Bankstown

Although Bankstown’s latest Lotto winner is a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have been unable to contact them by telephone this morning. They may be completely unaware of their good fortune.

The winning ticket was purchased from Bankstown Plaza Newsagency at Old Town Centre Plaza, Bankstown.

“We have been waiting for good news like this for our customers, it’s fantastic to sell a big Lotto prize,” Duy Nguyen from Bankstown Plaza Newsagency said.

Along with the NSW winning entries, one winning entry was also sold in Victoria and one in South Australia.

The winning numbers from Monday Lotto’s $5 million Superdraw were 6, 18, 19, 17, 4 and 22 with the supplementary numbers 14 and 13.
Release date: 25 May 2010

NSW Lotteries continues to make millionaires with a $4.35 million win in the $2 Jackpot Lottery draw this morning.

The jackpot prize went to a registered winner who purchased their ticket in the Sydney suburb of Wareemba. The winner is a local man who asked to remain anonymous.

When a lottery official asked “can we describe you as happy”, the winner replied, “you can indeed.”

“I am very happy, thank you very much, that’s fantastic,” he added.

The winner also said that he would help his family and give money to charities that he supported.

The winning entry – number 115561 in draw 9482 – was sold by Wareemba Newsagency at 276 Greta North Road, Wareemba.

“It’s really great news, I’ve been promising my customers a big win from the shop soon, so I can breathe a sigh of relief now that we’ve delivered,” Danny Quarateillo from Wareemba Newsagency said.

“This is the biggest win we have had to date, the area has been due a good win and hopefully there are more to come.

“It’s just great news, I’m ecstatic, I’ll definitely celebrate tonight,” Mr Quaratellio added.

The jackpot prize has been climbing since it was last won on 4 March this year at $9.41 million.

The jackpot prize now reverts to the base prize offer of $500,000 for draw 9483 scheduled for Wednesday morning (Wednesday 26 May).
Release date: Monday 24 May 2010

A tradesman from the Central Coast is celebrating after winning $522,729 in Saturday Lotto with a ticket purchased at North Ryde in Sydney.

“I normally buy my Lotto entry locally but I was actually quite busy that day. I had to work until late so I stopped at an agency near where I was working on the day.

“I’ve been playing the same numbers for seven years with my best friend. I knew I had to put my numbers in – you don’t ever miss it, that’s when you win,” he said.

The winner said that his wife hadn’t stopped crying with happiness since his mate had called to confirm the good news on the weekend.

“My mate had already checked the numbers and called to let me know we’d won. I’m glad I had put the entry in, otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” he joked.

“I’m ecstatic. Both our mortgages are paid off.”

The winning entry was purchased from Macquarie Park Newsagency at 293 Lane Cove Road, North Ryde.

“We are very, very happy and excited to have sold one of the winning tickets in Saturday Lotto,” Linda Yin from Macquarie Park Newsagency said today.

“We’ve decorated the shop and all of our customers are really happy to see we’ve sold a win too. Each one of them is hoping we sell the next winning ticket to them,” Ms Yin added.

NSW Lotteries were able to contact the lucky winner as they purchased the winning ticket using a NSW Lotteries Players Club membership. For just a small annual fee, with Players Club, players can protect their prizes and ensure they can be contacted in the event of a big win.

Along with the NSW winning entry, five winning entries were sold in Victoria and two winning entries were sold in Queensland.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 40, 8, 27, 7, 17 and 16, with the supplementary numbers 43 and 11.
Release date: Monsay 24 May 2010

A single entry purchased in the Sydney suburb of Chullora won $10 million in last night’s Powerball jackpot draw.

As the owner of the winning ticket did not register their lottery purchase with Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting them with the good news so they may be completely unaware of their good fortune.

“As we have no means of contacting Powerball’s $10 million winner, all we can do is put the word out for people in the Chullora area to check their tickets. Obviously with such a big prize at stake we want to get in touch with them as soon as possible,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said.

The winning ticket was purchased from Chullora Marketplace Newsagency at Chullora Marketplace, 355 Waterloo Road, Chullora.

Proprietors of Chullora Marketplace Newsagency Meera Verma and Rajeev Kumar are delighted that their shop sold the ticket that will make someone’s dreams come true.

“I got a call from NSW Lotteries early this morning to tell me we had sold the winning ticket. I couldn’t believe it, this is the best news I’ve had this year,” Mr Kumar said.

“We’ve been running this shop for five years and this is by far the biggest prize we have ever sold, so it’s very exciting.

“Customers are coming into the shop in their droves to check their ticket, each hoping they have won, but we are yet to find that lucky winner.

“I’m sure that this will be a dream come true for the winner when they find out,” Mr Kumar added.

The winning numbers from last night’s Powerball draw are 7, 33, 21, 42 and 25 with the Powerball number 36.
Release date: Friday 21 May 2010

The mystery NSW Lotto player who won $2 million in last Saturday Lotto’s $20 million Superdraw has still not come forward to claim their prize.

”We are still waiting for the lucky $2 million winner to come forward. Perhaps they are a local to the Lennox Head area or perhaps they were just passing through. Either way we are anxious to track them down and pay them their prize money,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said.

“We have been putting the word out in the Lennox Head region for people to check tickets and now feel it is time to spread the message more widely. If you have not checked your Saturday Lotto Superdraw ticket, for the draw that took place on 15 May please do so as soon as possible, it could be worth $2 million,” Mr Vineburg added.

The unregistered winning ticket was sold from Lennox Head Newsagency and Liquor Store at Shop 1, 80-84 Ballina Street, Lennox Head.

“We have been simply run off our feet all week checking tickets,” Tania Taylor from Lennox Head Newsagency and Liquor Store said.

“Everyone comes in thinking they are the winner until we run their ticket through the terminal to check it, so far everyone has been very disappointed to find out they are not our $2 million winner. We really hope the winner comes forward to claim their prize very soon,” Ms Taylor added.

The winning numbers from Saturday Lotto’s 15 May $20 million Lotto draw were 35, 15, 18, 6, 13 and 4 with the supplementary numbers 16 and 8.
Release date: Friday 21 May 2010

A mystery NSW Lotto player is $2 million better off after picking up a share in Saturday Lotto’s $20 million Superdraw.

The NSW North Coast town of Lennox Head will be buzzing today as locals flock to check their tickets to see if they are holding the $2 million winning ticket.

Lennox Head has only around 7,000 permanent residents, but as the town is a popular, year-round tourist destination, the winner may not be from the area.

The unregistered winning ticket was sold from Lennox Head Newsagency and Liquor Store at Shop 1, 80-84 Ballina Street, Lennox Head.

“This is absolutely fantastic; we are so excited because this is the biggest prize we have ever sold! We’re really hoping that the winner is a regular customer, but we’re happy for them whoever they are,” a delighted Sandy Gordon from Lennox Head Newsagency and Liquor Store said this morning.

“Actually, if the ticket was sold yesterday it could very well be a tourist; we were completely run off our feet all day yesterday, there seemed to be loads of people in town,” Ms Gordon speculated.

“I really do hope that the winner comes forward today, without being a member of Players Club there is a risk that they may not check their ticket for weeks.

“Somebody out there has the golden ticket, just like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, all we have to do is find them.

“We’re all so excited, we will be on tenterhooks all day, every ticket we check could be the one, or the golden ticket,” laughed Ms Gordon.

NSW Lotteries is urging players in the area to check their tickets. “Unfortunately our latest millionaire is not a member of Players Club which means we have no way of contacting them. So if you purchased a Saturday Lotto ticket in the Lennox Head area, it could be well worth your while to check your numbers,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said.

There were ten winners in Saturday Lotto’s $20 million Superdraw. Along with the NSW win, six wins were sold by the Victorian-based lottery operator Tattersall’s, two winning entries were sold in Western Australia and one in Queensland.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $20 million Lotto draw were 35, 15, 18, 6, 13 and 4 with the supplementary numbers 16 and 8.

Release date: Sunday 16 May 2010

A call from NSW Lotteries officials this morning alerted an Ermington woman to her multi-millionaire status after winning the entire $2 million division one prize in last night’s Wednesday Lotto draw.

The self-described “beautiful mum of three children” was unaware of her good fortune until a NSW Lotteries official broke the good news to her over the telephone this morning. The winner said that she had been playing Lotto for years and the unexpected news of her $2 million win left her speechless.

“I won two and a half thousand dollars about 11 years ago and used it to buy a dining setting. I’m just speechless at winning $2 million – I get excited if I win $20,” she said.

“I’ll use the money to pay off the mortgage on the house and invest for our old age.”

The winner is also in the market for a “bit of a yacht”.

“We always loved the water and wanted to spend time on the water. I’d love to buy a bit of a yacht – just a small one, so that we could take the family sailing,” she added.

The winning ticket was purchased from NewsXpress Top Ryde City at Top Ryde City, on the corner Blaxland Road and Devlin Street, Ryde.

“We got a call from Lotteries this morning to tell us we’d sold the $2 million winning ticket, we are all so excited. You’d think we’d won the money the way we are carrying on,” laughed NewsXpress Top Ryde City co-proprietor Geoff Hilder.

“We only opened this shop in February, so to get such a big win so soon is incredible. We are determined to tell as many people as possible that we sold a winning Lotto ticket.”

As Ermington’s latest millionaire registered their winning ticket using a Players Club card, NSW Lotteries officials were able to contact the winner this morning. Players can purchase a Players Club membership for a small annual fee. Players Club not only protects player’s prizes but also ensures they can be contacted with news of a big win.

The winning numbers from Wednesday’s Lotto draw were 33, 3, 34, 23, 6 and 19 with the supplementary numbers 25 and 35.

Release date: Thursday 13 May 2010

“You ripper! Beauty,” exclaimed a Windsor man in his sixties when he found out that he was the sole winner of last night’s $1 million Wednesday Lotto prize.

The winner contacted NSW Lotteries this afternoon after realising he had several missed calls from attempts by NSW Lotteries officials to make contact with him this morning.

The new millionaire knew he had the six winning numbers but was unaware of the amount of money he had won until it was confirmed by a NSW Lotteries official.

“I thought, knowing my luck, it would be $5,000 or something like that, I never thought I would ever be a millionaire, not in this lifetime,” the Windsor truck driver said.

“I was out washing the ute while my wife was checking the numbers. She called out ‘come in, we’ve got six numbers in a row.’ I didn’t believe her so I said, ‘hang on I have to rinse the soap off’.

“When I checked for myself and saw we had the six numbers I thought I better call Lotteries and then saw that they had been trying to call me. I starting shaking and I haven’t stopped since. This is going to take some time to sink in.

“My wife is just leaning on the window ledge staring into space. She’s thinking about how much she can spend,” the winner joked.

“We’ve battled all of our lives; we’ve saved what little we could and always tried to do the right thing. I’ll make this last us, you only get a chance like this once and there is no way I’ll blow it.

“I’ve been wanting to retire and enjoy life a bit. I can’t believe that now I can. I can retire and see a bit of Australia and enjoy it,” the winner added.

The winning ticket was purchased from Windsor Newsagency at 162 George Street, Windsor.

As Windsor’s latest millionaire registered the winning ticket using a Players Club card, NSW Lotteries officials had the winner’s contact details and were attempting to make contact with him this morning.

Players can purchase a Players Club membership for a small annual fee. Players Club not only protects player’s prizes but also ensures they can be contacted with news of a big win.

The winning numbers from Wednesday’s Lotto draw were 23, 27, 37, 41, 2 and 21 with the supplementary numbers 4 and 30.

Release date: Thursday 6 May 2010

One NSW winner took out the entire $1 million division one prize in last night’s Lotto draw with an entry purchased in the Sydney suburb of Windsor.

Although the winning Players Club member was unable to be contacted by telephone this morning, NSW Lotteries officials will continue to try to make contact with the winner and will also mail a letter informing them of their new millionaire status.

“It is always preferable to speak with the winner personally the morning after the draw to ensure they are aware of their win and of course to advise them of the prize claim process,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager, John Vineburg said today.

The winning ticket was purchased from Windsor Newsagency at 162 George Street, Windsor.

“It was just my boss and me in the shop early this morning when one of the other local newsagents called to congratulate us on selling the winning ticket. We hadn’t even seen the message from NSW Lotteries at that stage so we were just flabbergasted by the news,” Jennifer Raftl from Windsor Newsagency said.

“We are really happy that one of our customers has won Lotto. I hope they have some fun with their winnings but spend it wisely and put some away for a rainy day,” Ms Raftl added.

The winning numbers from Wednesday’s Lotto draw were 23, 27, 37, 41, 2 and 21 with the supplementary numbers 4 and 30.

Release date: Thursday 6 May 2010

The Easter weekend ended on a high note for a Canberra Lotto player who scored the entire $2 million division one prize in Monday Lotto’s draw.

Although the owner of the winning ticket is a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials were unable to contact the winner by phone this morning. A message has been left for the winner and a letter will be mailed to their registered address.

“Although our attempts to contact the winner this morning would suggest that they may be unaware of their $2 million win, we will continue to make every effort possible to speak with them today,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager, John Vineburg, said today.

The winning entry purchased from the Four Leaf Clover Kiosk at Shop CL27, The Canberra Centre, 148 Bunda Street, Canberra.

Agent, Kei Liu said that although they are no strangers to selling big prizes, staff at the Kiosk continue to get a thrill from selling winning tickets.

“This is the biggest win we have sold in about three years, so it is extra exciting for us. It’s hard to believe that a little piece of paper printed from the terminal ended up being worth $2 million to someone,” Mr Liu said.

“We’re looking forward to selling even more winning tickets to our customers.

“Our customers always ask for the winning ticket when they are buying their tickets, now one of them really has the winning ticket,” Mr Liu laughed.

The winning numbers from Monday night’s $2 million Lotto draw were 24, 17, 43, 40, 9 and 20 with the supplementary numbers 32 and 42.

Two Canberra women have just taken early retirement after jointly claiming the $2 million division one prize from Monday night’s Lotto draw.

The former office administration co-workers have played with the same numbers for over 15 years.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, I’ll retire tomorrow,” one of the winners, a 61-year-old mother of two told a NSW Lotteries official this afternoon.

“I’m euphoric. I’m shaking inside because I’m absolutely ecstatic.

“I’m sharing the prize with my friend. We worked together in an office many years ago, and we bought a regular Lotto entry together. After she left to go to another job we stayed in touch and we kept up our Lotto entry with the same numbers. I’m so glad we never changed our numbers,” she said.

The other winner is a 54-year-old grandmother of seven, who is also planning to retire.

“I’m now a retired 54-year-old grandmother,” she joked.

“I’m very excited and shocked, but I’ve got no idea right now how I’ll spend a million dollars.

“There are lots and lots of things that we’ve dreamt of; I’ll have to go out with my husband and look at a lot of boats and holidays. It also means that we’ll be able to give some money to our children and grandchildren.

“I’m happy to be sharing it with my friend. We worked together for a long time and have remained friends ever since. We’ll get together with our husbands over dinner and crack a bottle of champagne to celebrate sharing $2 million,” she said.

The winning entry purchased from the Four Leaf Clover Kiosk at Shop CL27, The Canberra Centre, 148 Bunda Street, Canberra.

Saturday Lotto’s $4 million division one prize was shared among eight winning entries nationally, including two winning entries in NSW. The NSW winning entries were sold in Sydney and the Sydney suburb of Castle Hill.

Castle Hill

A three member syndicate of family and friends were over-whelmed this morning with the news of their $500,000 Saturday Lotto win.

A NSW Lotteries official spoke with the syndicate leader, a Castle Hill man in his sixties.

“I’m still in a bit of shock; I checked our numbers on the internet this morning and then called the other two members to tell them. We are all just over the moon; it is very, very unexpected.

“We’ve been playing together as a syndicate for more than three years, hoping to have a bit of a windfall. This money will mean so much to each of us, in its own way it will substantially help each of us out,” the syndicate leader said.

When asked how he will spend his share of the $500,000 the syndicate leader said “I’ll pay some bills and keep the rest for a nice retirement for my wife and me.

The winning entry was purchased from Castle Mall Newsagency at Shop 122 Castle Mall, Terminus Street, Castle Hill.

Judy Tonna, proprietor of Castle Mall Newsagency said that finding out they had sold a winning ticket in Saturday Lotto came as a pleasant surprise.

“It is only six months since we sold a $3 million winning Lotto ticket, so we weren’t expecting to have another division one win so soon. It really is great for us and great for our customers,” Ms Tonna said.

Sydney

The owner of the $500,000 winning Saturday Lotto entry was unable to be contacted by telephone today. A letter informing the winner of their Lotto windfall will be mailed.

The winning entry was purchased from Lucky U at Shop 1, Kien Hay Centre, Sydney, both staff and management of the shop are delighted to have sold a big Lotto win to one of their customers.

Along with the two NSW winning entries, three winning entries were sold in Queensland, two in Victoria and one winning entry was sold in Western Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 15, 17, 27, 43, 40 and 33, with the supplementary numbers 24 and 44.

Last night’s Wednesday Lotto $3 million jackpot prize was shared between three winners. Two lucky NSW Lotto players scored $1 million each.

One of the winners was a NSW Lotteries Players Club member who purchased his winning ticket in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby. He said he was “very very happy” this morning when a NSW Lotteries official called him to explain that he is the owner of a $1 million winning ticket.

The second NSW winning entry belongs to an unregistered entry purchased in Sydney’s CBD.

Willoughby

“Oh my God, I can’t believe this is happening. If you were not on the phone I would kiss you. I can’t believe it,” were the first words spoken by the winner, a man in his mid-forties, when a NSW Lotteries official told him he is now a millionaire.

“I checked my numbers this morning but only very quickly so I knew I had won a prize but thought that maybe it would be $500 or something like that. I really can’t believe I’m a millionaire.

“I am a very very happy man this morning. I’ve only ever won small prizes, like $20 or $50 over the years; I never thought I would win $1 million, though I have dreamed about it a lot.

“This will change my life. Now I can buy a house. I’ve rented all of my life so the first thing I will do with my money is buy a home for my family,” the winner said.

The winner, a man from Ryde, purchased his winning Wednesday Lotto ticket from High Street Newsagency at Shop 6, 201 High Street, Willoughby.

Mark Sleeman, proprietor of High Street Newsagency said, “I’m delighted for the winner, and of course am very happy that I sold a ticket worth $1 million from my shop.”

Sydney CBD

The owner of the $1 million winning entry purchased in Sydney’s CBD is not a member of Players Club so NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting them. “It is very possible that they may not even know they have won,” NSW Lotteries Marketing Director Mark Carter said.

“This again shows why being a member of Players Club is so important,” Mr Carter added.

The winning ticket was purchased from the NSW Lotteries Pitt Street Store at 198 – 204 Pitt Street, Sydney.

“It’s just fantastic. I always get so excited when get a winner, it makes the job worthwhile,” Diane Bennet, Manager of NSW Lotteries Pitt Street Store said.

Along with the two NSW winning entries one winning entry was sold in Western Australia.

The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s $3 million Lotto draw were 29, 34, 1, 42, 5 and 43 with the supplementary numbers 17 and 13.

Three winners shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million division one prize, with one lucky NSW winner scoring $1.3 million with an entry purchased in Campbelltown.

The NSW winner picked up a $1,333,333.34 share in the division one prize with an additional $32.10 in divisional prizes. However, as the owner of the winning ticket is not a member of Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the winner with the good news.

“So far the winning ticket has not been presented, so we can assume that the winner is quite possibly unaware of their good fortune,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager, John Vineburg said today.

“I strongly advise anyone who purchased their Saturday Lotto ticket in the Campbelltown area and more importantly from Macarthur Square Newsagency to check their tickets as a matter of priority,” Mr Vineburg added.

The winning entry was purchased from Macarthur Square Newsagency at Shop L35B, Macarthur Square, Gilchrist Drive, Campbelltown.

“I was very pleasantly surprised to find out we had sold a first division prize in Lotto. I took over this shop about six months ago, so selling a $1.3 million prize to someone in the area is really exciting news,” Lawrence Li from Macarthur Square Newsagency said.

“It’s a lot of money to win, maybe the winner will pay off their house or even buy a house and still have some left over, whatever they do I hope they claim their prize very soon and that they will be very happy,” Mr Li added.

Along with the winning entry purchased in Campbelltown, one winning entry was purchased in Queensland and one from Victoria.

The winning numbers from Saturday’s Lotto draw were 36, 5, 43, 22, 32 and 6, with the supplementary numbers 34 and 25.

One NSW winner took out the entire $1 million division one prize in last night’s Lotto draw with a single entry purchased in Albury in Southern NSW.

The winning Players Club member was unable to be contacted by telephone this morning, so a NSW Lotteries official left a voicemail requesting the winner to get in contact with NSW Lotteries as soon as possible.

“We hope the winner checks their messages very soon and contacts us, there will be a very pleasant surprise in store for them when they do,” Mr Vineburg said this morning.

“We will continue to try to make contact with the winner by telephone and a letter including the prize claim paperwork will be posted to them today,” Mr Vineburg added.

The winning ticket was purchased from North Albury Newsagency at 1082 Mate Street, Albury.

“It feels wonderful to have sold a winner to one of our customers,” Jane Verbunt from North Albury Newsagency said today.

“We’ve been looking forward to having a big win come our way this will cause lots of excitement.

“Lots of people are interested in when our last big prize was, so it’s nice to have another one to talk about, it’s especially nice to have a big win for the Albury area,” Mrs Verbunt added.

The winning numbers from Monday’s Lotto draw were 35, 8, 13, 39, 25 and 44 with the supplementary numbers 2 and 19.

NSW Lotteries officials are attempting to make telephone contact with the Players Club member who scored a $333,333 share in Monday Lotto’s $1 million division one prize.

“So far this morning we have not been able to get in contact with the winner by telephone, but we will keep trying. We will also be sending the winner a letter in the mail,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said today.

The winning entry was purchased from AK Newstalk at Shop 1004, Westpoint Marketown, Blacktown.

“We were all so happy this morning when we found out we had sold a Lotto winner, we were jumping up and down and shouting with excitement,” Jane Schembri from AK Newstalk said this morning.

“It’s great news for the shop and of course for the lucky winner. I really hope this changes someone’s life for the better,” Ms Schembri added.

Along with the NSW winning entries, winning entries were also sold in Western Australia and Victoria.

The winning numbers from Monday’s Lotto draw were 13, 10, 26, 34, 2 and 14 with the supplementary numbers 19 and 44.

Three winners shared Wednesday Lotto’s $1 million prize with two of the winning entries being sold in NSW. Lotto players who purchased their entries in Sydney’s Haymarket and in the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe have each won $333,333.

Haymarket

Even though the owner of the winning ticket, purchased in Sydney’s Haymarket, is a member of Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have been unable to contact the winner by telephone this morning. A letter informing them of their windfall will be mailed.

The winning entry was sold from Market City Newsagency at 9-13 Hay Street, Haymarket.

Staff at Market City Newsagency were delighted to find out that they sold a first division Lotto win to one of their customers.

Lidcombe

As the owner of the winning ticket, purchased in Lidcombe, is not a member of Players Club NSW Lotteries officials have no means of contacting them.

The winning ticket was purchased from North Lidcombe Newsagency at 7 John Street, Lidcombe.

“Excellent, we have been waiting for good news like this for our customers,” Daphne Tang, proprietor of North Lidcombe Newsagency said today.

“Seeing as the owner of the ticket is not registered, I’ll be advising everyone to bring their tickets in for checking so that we can find the lucky winner and they can claim their money,” Ms Tang added.

Along with the NSW winning entries, a winning entry was also sold in Victoria.

The winning numbers from Wednesday’s Lotto draw were 11, 17, 20, 45, 24 and 25 with the supplementary numbers 33 and 41.

Release date: Thursday 29 April 2010

Someone who bought their OZ Lotto entry in Sydney’s Inner-West has picked up $30 million in last night’s draw.

NSW Lotteries officials are withholding the exact location to give the unregistered player a chance to check their entry away from the glare of publicity.

“This entry was not purchased using a NSW Lotteries Players Club card, so we have no details about the winner, and it is likely that they are also unaware of their good fortune,” NSW Lotteries Communication Manager, John Vineburg said today.

“NSW Lotteries is calling on anyone who purchased a ticket in last night’s OZ Lotto draw to check their entry. If they think they have a winning ticket they should bring it immediately to NSW Lotteries head office at 2 Figtree Drive, Sydney Olympic Park or contact NSW Lotteries on 1300 363 444.

Mr Vineburg said that NSW Lotteries was hoping to emulate the success of its campaign in July last year to contact the record $40 million Powerball winner who purchased their entry at Penrith.

“Ironically, that woman heard on the radio that NSW Lotteries was looking for a winner from the Western Suburbs, but disagreed with her husband about whether that was where they lived. Fortunately, she still checked her entry and successfully claimed the prize,” Mr Vineburg said.

Last night’s OZ Lotto win equals the second biggest lottery prize ever won in NSW, a $30 million Powerball prize won at Yamba in December 2003.

Today is the last day of NSW Lotteries operating as a NSW Government entity.

“It is estimated that NSW Lotteries has paid out more than $13 billion in prizes over close to 80 years. The $30 million OZ Lotto prize adds another big win to the tally,” Mr Vineburg said.

The winning numbers in OZ Lotto’s $30 million draw are 40, 39, 28, 29, 25, 2 and 35 with the supplementaries 31 and 14.

Six lucky NSW winners have each won $1 million in last night’s $20 million Lotto Superdraw.

Winners include: a syndicate of 12 Sydney office workers who purchased their entry at Mascot Airport; a Penrith grandmother who has been playing Lotto since the first draw in 1979; a Maitland truckie, who purchased his ticket when passing through Tenterfield; and a Sydney woman who was “very, very, very happy” with her winning entry, purchased at Newington .

Two other entries were sold at Pyrmont and Gymea to players who did not use a Players Club Card. As the prizes remain unclaimed, the mystery winners may well be unaware of their good fortune.

Pyrmont

A ticket purchased in Pyrmont by a mystery Lotto player has won $1 million. As NSW Lotteries officials do not have any means to contact the lucky winner, they may be completely unaware of their good fortune.

The winning ticket was purchased from Central Pyrmont Newsagency at 160 Harris Street, Pyrmont.

“This is the first time we’ve made someone a millionaire. I hope the winner checks their ticket soon. I’ll be making sure all of my customers bring their tickets in for checking, hopefully it won’t be too long before we find our millionaire,” Rajie Verma from Central Pyrmont Newsagency said today.

Gymea

Gymea’s mystery millionaire purchased their winning Saturday Lotto Superdraw ticket from The Shire Newsagency at 99 Gymea Bay Road, Gymea.

“We’re really excited to have sold such a big prize to one of our customers,” Alan Ghalaini from The Shire Newsagency said today.

“Seeing as the winner did not register their ticket with Players Club they may not even know they have won yet. They’ll get a very nice surprise when they do eventually check their ticket,” Mr Ghalaini added.

Tenterfield

The winner is a Maitland truckie who was passing through Tenterfield when he realised he had forgotten to place his regular Lotto purchase. Fortunately he made it though the door yesterday in time to score his million dollar win.

The father of two in his forties said that he was “devastated but happy” at the news.

“This is just such a fantastic surprise. I recently lost everything I worked my whole life for, and now I can pick myself up from the slumps and get my life back on track,” he said.

“It’s just hope that has kept me playing Lotto. It was the dream that one day I’ll get the freedom to do what I wanted. Now I can buy a house and get the car I always wanted, but couldn’t buy.”

The winning ticket was purchased from Sullivans Newsagency at 232 Rouse Street, Tenterfield.

Newington

A Sydney woman wanted to remain tight lipped about her win with an entry she purchased at Newington Newsagency at Shop 1, Newington Marketplace, Newington.

“You can just say I’m very happy, in fact I’m very, very, very happy,” she told NSW Lotteries official this morning.

The staff at Newington Newsagency are so excited to have sold a ticket worth $1 million that they have been talking about it all day.

“I saw the message about the win on the selling terminal first thing this morning and it’s all we have been talking about since. It is such wonderful news, it’s all we can think about, so I can only imagine how the winner must be feeling if we are this excited about selling the winning ticket,” Jim Choe from Newington Newsagency said today.

Penrith

Persistence has finally paid off for a Sydney woman in her eighties who has played lotteries all her life, including entering every Lotto draw since the first draw in 1979.

“I can’t express my feelings, I’ve got such a shock after finally winning after so long, I’m happy but I’m crying at the same time,” the grandmother of two said this morning.

“You get pipe dreams and think maybe you’ll win enough to get something you’ve always wanted, but you never believe that that it will ever happen to you, it always happens to someone else.

“I can’t think right now about how I’ll spend it. It won’t be wasted, my family will definitely benefit from it,” she said.

The winning $1 million Saturday Lotto Superdraw entry was purchased from Supanews Penrith at shop 27, Westfield Shoppingtown, Penrith.

“This is one of the biggest wins we have sold; it feels really good to know that a ticket we sold has made someone a millionaire. Congratulations to the winner, I really hope that they will be very happy,” Satish Prasad from the Supanews Penrith said today.

Mascot

A syndicate of 12 Sydney office workers will be celebrating today after sharing a $1 million first division prize in last night’s Lotto draw.

The syndicate leader, a Western Sydney woman in her forties, said that her work colleagues would be delighted to hear about their windfall.

“Oh, my goodness, this is fantastic, my work colleagues will be ecstatic,” she said when she heard the news this morning.

“We only put an entry in spasmodically. I’m always saying ‘let’s do it’ when there’s a big one in Lotto.

“For this draw, I asked everyone to pick their favourite numbers. I think it’s great that 20 people shared the $20 million, and that we’ve shared it again amongst ourselves.

“My heart is racing. I’ll probably use my share to buy a new car, but first I’ll ring around this morning and let everyone know the good news.”

The winning entry was sold from the Australia Post Shop at Shop 22, Gate 7, Qantas Domestic Terminal, Mascot.

“I’m really happy, especially for the lucky winners. This is the biggest win we’ve sold from this shop, so we couldn’t be happier about it,” Frances Ho from Australia Post Shop said today.

The winning numbers for last night’s draw were: 9, 13, 16, 23, 27 and 33, with supplementaries 21 and 42.

The six NSW winners were among 20 nationally, with six winning entries sold by the Victorian based lottery operator Tattersall’s, six in Queensland, and one each in Western Australia and South Australia.

A 30-year-old Western Sydney woman is planning to pay for her dream wedding with some of the $1.8 million prize money she won in the Valentine’s Day Superdraw in February.

The winner had no idea that she had been carrying the winning ticket in her handbag for over five weeks until she checked her ticket yesterday afternoon.

“I’ve been working overtime to pay for my wedding, which will be later in the year. Normally I check my tickets regularly but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a chance,” the delighted winner told NSW Lotteries officials today.

“I opened up my wallet last week and the ticket fell out and I thought I’d better get it checked. I took it into the agency yesterday afternoon and the terminal locked up and they put me onto NSW Lotteries over the phone.

“They said, ‘do you know that you’ve won a prize and how much it is’. When they told me that I’d won $1.8 million I felt sick in the stomach. I still can’t believe it; I woke up this morning thinking did that really happen,” the winner said.

Despite her windfall the new millionaire will stick to her existing wedding plans.

“I want to keep the wedding just as it is – low key. I don’t want anything too extravagant. The difference now is I won’t have to worry about where the money is coming from and I won’t have to work so hard.

“We will have a nice honeymoon, and now we can build the house that we couldn’t afford before,” she said.

The winning 36-game entry in the $20 million Lotto Valentine’s Day Superdraw was sold by NewsXpress Wetherill Park at Shop 86, Stockland Town Centre, Polding Street, Wetherill Park.

A Saturday Lotto entry sold in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank has scored its owner $800,000.

Although the lucky winner is a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, officials have been unable to contact the winner by telephone. A letter informing them of their windfall will be mailed.

The winning entry was purchased from Newsflash Village Plaza at Shop 6, 11 The Village Plaza, Bay Drive, Meadowbank.

“When I got the message to say we sold a winner on Sunday morning I yelled, ‘We’ve done it, we’ve got a Lotto win,’ I was just so excited,” Bhagwat Chauhan, owner of Newsflash Village Plaza said this morning.

“This shop has only been open just over a year so imagine our delight at selling a ticket worth $800,000 to one of our customers.

“Customers have been coming in saying, ‘Check my ticket, I hope I’ve got the winning one,’ but we have yet to find that lucky winner.

“When the winner does find out, I hope they’ll be overjoyed,” Mr Chauhan.

Five winning entries shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million division one prize. Along with the NSW winning entry, three winning entries were sold in Queensland and one from the Victorian based lottery operator Tattersall’s.

The winning numbers from Saturday’s Lotto draw were 26, 40, 10, 12, 15 and 29, with the supplementary numbers 39 and 3.

Wednesday Lotto’s $1 million division one prize was won by a single entry purchased in the Sydney suburb of Rockdale and the mystery owner of the winning ticket may not even know that they are now a millionaire.

As the winner is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the lucky person to inform them of the good news.

“The winning ticket has not been presented for verification so far this morning. We are advising Lotto players in the Rockdale area to check their tickets very carefully as there will be a nice surprise in store for the holder of the winning ticket,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager, John Vineburg said.

“Once the winner is identified they can start the prize claim process so that they receive the $1 million tax-free winnings,” Mr Vineburg added.

The winning entry was purchased from Rockdale Plaza Newsagency, Shop 44, Rockdale Plaza, Rockdale.

“I’m very pleased that we have sold another Lotto prize. March seems to be a lucky month for us, this time last year we sold a $1 million Lotto prize as well,” Tom Mackovski from Rockdale Plaza Newsagency said this morning.

The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s $1 million Lotto draw were 10, 21, 24, 14, 16 and 32, with the supplementary numbers 6 and 5.

A Singleton man took some convincing that the call from NSW Lotteries about a $1 million win in last night’s Lotto draw was genuine.

“I’ll give you a call back after I check the numbers myself,” he told the official who broke the good news by telephone this morning.

The father-of-two in his forties was finally persuaded that he really was a millionaire after seeing a sign about the win at his local Lotto agency, Singleton Pharmacy at 122 John Street, Singleton.

“I walked up to the chemist and there was a sign out the front saying that they had sold a million dollar prize in Lotto. I checked my numbers and they matched.

“I still can’t believe it, though; my heart is pounding a hundred miles an hour. I’ve got to admit, if this is a joke it is really well done,” the winner said.

The lucky winner plans to pay off the mortgage on the family home and take the family on a holiday in Europe.

When asked where he planned to go in Europe, the winner replied, “Mate, after winning this, everywhere”.

“We are just so excited about the win, words can’t describe it,” Louise Wordsworth from Singleton Pharmacy said.

“There is a great buzz in the shop today. A $1 million win is a lot of money and knowing that it has gone to one of our customers is very satisfying,” Ms Wordsworth added.

The winning numbers from Monday’s Lotto draw were 13, 17, 1, 18, 9 and 6, with the supplementary numbers 41 and 42.

Listed - 15/03/2010 10:50am

A Saturday Lotto entry sold in the Sydney suburb of Heathcote has scored its owner $581,509.18.

The lucky winner picked up a $571,428.58 share in Saturday Lotto’s $4 million prize plus another $10,080.60 in divisional prizes.

Although the lucky winner is a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, officials have been unable to contact the winner by telephone. A letter informing them of their windfall will be mailed.

The winning entry was purchased from Heathcote Newsagency at 1347 Princes Highway, Heathcote.

“We’ve been trying for three years to sell a division one Lotto prize, it’s a good feeling to have cracked it,” John Rogan from Heathcote Newsagency said this morning.

Seven winning entries shared Saturday Lotto’s $4 million division one prize. Along with the NSW winning entry, three winning entries were sold from the Victorian based lottery operator Tattersall’s, two in Western Australia and one in Queensland.

The winning numbers from Saturday’s Lotto draw were 43, 7, 31, 17, 24 and 42, with the supplementary numbers 35 and 36.

Listed - 04/03/2010 10:22am

NSW Lotteries continues to make millionaires with a huge $9.41 million win in the $2 Jackpot Lottery draw this morning.

The jackpot prize went to a registered winner who purchased their ticket in the Sydney suburb of Caringbah.

The winner has requested total anonymity.

The jackpot prize has been climbing since it was last won on 6 October last year at $16.32 million.

The winning entry – number 152552 in draw 9446 – was sold by Port Hacking Newsagency at 501A, Port Hacking Road, Caringbah.

Jeff Cindric, owner of Port Hacking Newsagency said that he was absolutely ecstatic when he found out that the $9.41 million prize was sold from his shop.

“In four years we have never sold a prize over $1 million, and now we’ve sold a prize of over $9 million; it is a strange but wonderful feeling,” Mr Cindric said.

“The majority of our customers are locals or tradesmen working in the area. My customers really are a great bunch of people, they all work hard for a living. My instinct tells me that the winner is a deserving one.

“I’ll celebrate this news with a beer tonight and toast good luck to the winner with their new fortune. Everyone will be speculating about who the lucky winner is; seeing as the winner already knows who they are, they can sit back and smile knowing that its them,” Mr Cindric added.

The jackpot prize now reverts to the base prize offer of $500,000 for draw 9447 scheduled for tomorrow morning (Friday 5 March).

Listed - 02/03/2010 9:30am

The NSW Government has announced Tatts Group Limited will be the new operator of NSW Lotteries, effective 01 April 2010. Customers will not notice any change to the games they currently enjoy. If you would like to learn more about the Government’s announcement, more information can be found below.

Listed - 01/03/2010 11:29am

A Saturday Lotto entry sold at St Marys in Sydney’s west has scored its mystery owner $666,666.67.

As the owner of the winning entry is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting them with the good news. Saturday Lotto players who purchased their entries in the St Marys area are advised to check their numbers by bringing their tickets into an official NSW Lotteries agent or on the NSW Lotteries website.

The winning entry was sold from Walters Newsagency at 87A Monfarville Street, St Marys.

Ronald Walters from Walters Newsagency said that he was delighted to learn that a big prize was sold from his shop.

“We’re really happy about this win, there is always a lot of interest when we have a mystery winner in the area, I’m sure there will be a lot of people hoping that it’s them,” Mr Walters said.

Along with the NSW winning entry, three winning entries were sold from the Victorian based lottery operator Tattersall’s and one each in Queensland and Western Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw 2985 were 29, 20, 33, 40, 31 and 26, with the supplementary numbers 30 and 12.

The owner of the $30 million OZ Lotto ticket sold in Sydney’s Inner-West has still not claimed their prize (as at 11.00am).

“The media attention this win has received in the last 24 hours should have alerted the winner to check their entry,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said today.

“We are urging anyone with a ticket in the $30 million OZ Lotto draw on Tuesday 30 March to check their entry against the winning numbers.

“The ideal scenario would be for the winner to check his or her numbers online at www.nswlotteries.com.au and bring the winning ticket directly to the NSW Lotteries head office at 2 Figtree Drive, Sydney Olympic Park or contact NSW Lotteries on 1300 363 444.

“Our main priority is to ensure that anyone holding a potentially winning ticket does not lose it or throw it away. As the entry is unregistered, the ticket will be required to claim the prize,” Mr Vineburg said.

Listed - 26/02/2010 10:00am

Changes to Powerball prices and jackpots

Powerball’s price will rise by 5 cents per game from 26 February 2010. There will also be minor increases in agent commissions. The price change will fund larger jackpots as well as increases in prizes for other prize divisions.

Download the document (Adobe PDF) below for the new prices.

Bigger Jackpots!

From 26 February 2010 larger jackpots will be reintroduced. For example, the current jackpot run starts at $3 million. If there are no winners, then the first prize jackpots to $5 million, followed by $10 million, $12 million, then $15 million.

The new jackpot run increments will be $3 million, $6 million, $10 million, $15 million and $20 million with higher jackpots to be determined jointly by Australian Lottery operators based on forecast player participation.

Larger Prizes!

Lower division prizes will increase by an average of 8%. For example, prior to the change, if Division Three paid an estimated $5,352, from the 4 March draw the prize increases to $5,798.

Still the Same Game

There is no change to how the game is played, how the winning numbers are selected, or the odds of winning prizes.

A middle-aged couple from Ashfield in Sydney’s Inner-West have joined the ranks of the super rich after claiming the $30 million prize they won in Tuesday’s OZ Lotto draw.

The couple heard on a radio news bulletin while sitting in a café that the prize had been sold in the Inner-West, prompting them to check the ticket.

The husband, aged in his fifties, said that he never thought he would have a big win. “I’m the sort of fella that says ‘put your name in the hat and see what happens’. I’m not really worried about winning so much money, I just hope I’ll stay as I am and I’ll be just as happy as I am now,” he said today.

The wife, a mother of two in her forties, said that when she heard on the radio that NSW Lotteries were looking for a winner in Sydney’s Inner West she told her husband that he should go and check the ticket. “He went to the local agent; then he rang on the mobile and told me to get over there right away. Then he told me we’d won $30 million.

“I’m so shocked I can’t get my head wrapped around it. It’s more money than I’ve ever seen in my life - and that’s an understatement.

“We’ve been drowning in debt. We both work casual and part-time, and just recently our hours have been cut, so the bills have been piling up.

“I’m the sort of person who goes into the supermarket and won’t buy bananas at $1.99 until they’ve gone down to $1.49. None of that matters anymore,” she said.

The couple plan to take a long anticipated cruise and upgrade from renting to buying their own home.

The winning ticket was a four-game autopick entry worth just $4.30 purchased from Ashfield Newsagency at 25 Hercules Street, Ashfield. Owner, Michael Walker, was thrilled to find out that the winning $30 million OZ Lotto ticket had been sold from his shop.

“It is certainly the biggest prize we have ever sold from here, until now it was a $1.4 million Lotto win, so we have blown our old record out of the water,” Mr Walker said.

Listed - 24/02/2010 11:20am

A Sydney man has greeted news of a $5 million win in last night’s Lotto draw with tears of joy. The technician from Strathfield in Sydney’s inner west will share the prize five ways with a syndicate of work colleagues.

“I don’t know what to say. I’m crying now but I’m very, very happy,” the 49-year-old father of two told a NSW Lotteries official who broke the good news this morning.

“I’m sharing this with four other guys at work. I was just telling them the other day that I had been playing Lotto for more than 20 years and I was due for a win – now we’re all millionaires.

“I really need the money because I’ve been struggling to pay off a big loan for the last year. In fact, I called a tradesman yesterday to cancel some work on the house because we couldn’t afford it, now I’m going to call him back and tell him to go ahead,” he said.

The winner said that he had been looking forward to a change in luck since a fortune teller had forecast in October last year that 2010 would be “a good year” for him.

He will use his $1 million share of the windfall to pay off debt and complete renovations on the family home before deciding what to do with the rest of the money.

The winning entry was sold by Strathfield Plaza Newsagency, where owner Ramesh Sethurao was delighted to have sold another big win.

“This is really exciting news for us, in fact since we have taken over the shop this is our third major win,” Mr Sethurao said.

“It’s great to hear that the win has come to Strathfield. I have many regular customers and it always feels good to find out one of them has had a big win.”

The winning numbers from Monday night’s $5 million Lotto draw were 5, 21, 27, 39, 6 and 34 with the supplementary numbers 26 and 36.

Listed - 22/02/2010 16:30pm

Hill Top’s mystery millionaire came forward this afternoon to claim his $1 million Saturday Lotto win.

“I was watching the Winter Olympic Games this morning when mum called to tell me she had heard on the radio that a local person who bought a ticket from Village Store Cellars had won $1 million. That’s where I buy my tickets so I went there straight away to check,” the winner in his late twenties told a NSW Lotteries official this afternoon.

“When I got there I thought it was already claimed, so when they told me I’d won I just went light-headed and felt all tingly, it was just complete shock.

“Dad saw my vehicle parked outside the shop so he came in to find me, I shook his hand and said ‘Dad, you’re shaking hands with a millionaire’. I called mum and joked with her saying it wasn’t me, then she wouldn’t believe me when I told her that I was in fact the Hill Top mystery winner she heard about on the radio,” the tradesman added.

The winner said that the would bring welcome relief to his family, who had been plagued with health issues over recent years, “It’s just a complete turn around in our luck.

“I called my sister as soon as I got home, even though she is in school today, I just had to tell her. I’ll put her through college now. I want her to be really happy with what she decides to do in life,” he said.

When asked how he intends to spend his winnings, the winner replied, “I’ll take some time to think about it, I want to be smart about this. I’ll invest it to make my future more comfortable. I’ve always been interested in real estate.

“I’ve always wanted to work for myself, own my own home and enjoy my life. I couldn’t live that dream yesterday but today I can,” the winner added.

First on this millionaire’s shopping list is a family celebration and then a holiday to think about his future.

The winner came to NSW Lotteries head office to complete a claim for his quarter share in Saturday Lotto’s $4 million prize. The Hill Top local can now relax for two weeks while he waits for his tax-free payment.

Listed - 22/02/2010 11:30am

A mystery Saturday Lotto player who purchased their ticket in the Southern Highlands town of Hill Top can claim the title of Lotto’s latest millionaire after picking up a quarter share of Saturday Lotto’s $4 million prize.

As the winner is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the lucky person to inform them of the good news. They may be completely unaware that they are now a millionaire thanks to Lotto.

NSW Lotteries officials are advising Saturday Lotto players who purchased their tickets from Village Store Cellars at 11 West Parade, Hill Top.

“Sundays are always busy all day with people checking tickets while buying papers so I’m surprised we haven’t found our winner yet,” Paul Purdon, proprietor of Village Store Cellars said this morning.

“A $1 million win is very significant for us, especially if the winner is a local, in the long run the whole community benefits.

“Kaylene and I will be encouraging everyone to bring their tickets in for checking, the sooner we find this winner the better,” Mr Purdon added.

Along with the winning entry purchased in Hill Top, one winning entry was sold each in Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 36, 37, 13, 1, 18 and 33, with the supplementary numbers 11 and 22.

Listed - 17/02/2010 9:30am

A first division OZ Lotto prize of $2 million has been won in Wagga Wagga.

NSW Lotteries officials were unable to contact the lucky winner by telephone this morning so the Players Club member will be sent a claim form by mail.

The huge win comes on top of a lucky streak for Marketplace Newsagency in Wagga Wagga Marketplace.

“Wow, this is good news, it’s pretty exciting, especially after we sold the first prize in the $2 Jackpot Lottery only yesterday,” said owner Dean Sutherland.

“We’ve done really well in the past few months, we also had another $100,000 win in the $2 Jackpot Lottery late last year and we also sold a $5,000 prize in the lottery.

“We’re happy for the winner and glad that we’re bringing some money to Wagga,” Mr Sutherland said.

The winning numbers in last night’s $2 million OZ Lotto draw were 21, 44, 26, 20, 19, 37 and 1 with the supplementaries 39 and 4.

Listed - 14/02/2010 12:15pm

A mystery Sydney Lotto player is $1.8 million better off after picking up a share in Saturday Lotto’s $20 million Valentine’s Day Superdraw.

The unregistered winning ticket was sold from NewsXpress Wetherill Park at Shop 86, Stockland Town Centre, Polding Street, Wetherill Park.

“We are so excited, this is our first division one win in four years, by our reaction here in the shop anyone would think we’ve just won the $1.8 million,” a delighted Antonella Di Franco from NewsXpress Wetherill Park said this morning.

“Sunday morning’s are usually quite busy, but once word gets out that we’ve sold a division one win in Saturday Lotto’s Superdraw there will be queues of people eager to check their tickets.

“I really hope that the winner comes forward today, without being a member of Players Club there is a risk that the winner may not check their tickets regularly, so fingers crossed they come in with the ticket today. I’d love to say ‘Happy Valentine’s Day, you’re a millionaire’, imagine the reaction that would get.

“I don’t know how the winner will celebrate when they find out, but I will definitely celebrate with a glass of champagne tonight,” Ms Di Franco added.

NSW Lotteries is urging players in the area to check their tickets.

“Unfortunately our Valentine’s Day millionaire is not a member of Players Club which means we have no way of contacting them. So if you purchased a Saturday Lotto ticket in the Wetherill Park area, or perhaps got a ticket in your Valentine’s card this morning, it could be worth your while checking your numbers,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said.

There were eleven winners in Saturday Lotto’s $20 million Valentine’s Day Superdraw. Along with the NSW win, one win was sold by the Victorian-based lottery operator Tattersall’s, four winning entries were sold in Western Australia and five in Queensland.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $20 million Lotto draw were 14, 34, 1, 45, 7 and 41, with the supplementary numbers 21 and 15.

Listed - 12/02/2010 11:50am

A Western Sydney man forced to sell his house after losing his job in the global financial crisis is now on top of the world after winning $17 million in Powerball prize money in last night’s draw.

His Power45 entry, costing $57.30, won him both the first division prize of $16,184,602.27 and an additional $983,650.80 in second division prizes, for a total of $17,168,253.07.

The winner told a NSW Lotteries official this morning that mounting debts after losing his job in the computer industry had forced him to sell his house late last year.

“I checked the numbers on my computer last night and thought I might have won $16 million but I wasn’t sure if I was daydreaming or I’d just lost my mind.

“I’m unemployed and I had to sell my house a few months ago after I lost my job, so the first thing I’ll do is buy a new house.

“It will take me a long time to settle in with the idea of winning $17 million but the future is rosy. I’ve been studying and now I’m looking forward to starting my own business with my winnings.”

The winner purchased their ticket at Carnes Hill Marketplace Newsagency, at Hoxton Park.

Unbelievably the same agency sold another big Powerball win of $15.63 million on 15 October last year.

Co-owner Natalie Nguyen from Carnes Hill Newsagency said she was “speechless” at their success in selling big prizes.

“What are the chances? We’re so lucky here we can’t believe it, I feel like I’ve won it myself.”

A Power45 entry allows players to increase their chances of winning by selecting all 45 Powerballs. As all 45 Powerballs are covered, you only have to match a minimum of two numbers from the five drawn from the first barrel to win a prize.

The winning numbers in last night’s Powerball draw were 2, 11, 21, 32, and 40, with Powerball number 22.

Listed - 08/02/2010 14:00pm

Saturday Lotto’s $4 million division one prize was shared by nine winning entries nationally, including two NSW winning entries worth $444,444.45 each.

The NSW winning entries were sold in the mid-north coastal city of Coffs Harbour and the Sydney suburb of Hurstville.

Both NSW winning entries were not purchased using a NSW Lotteries Players Club card, and so NSW Lotteries officials do not have the contact details for the winners. They may be completely unaware of their lucky windfall.

Coffs Harbour

A mystery Lotto player who purchased their Saturday Lotto entry from The Palms Newsagency at Shop 22, The Palms Centre, High Street, Coffs Harbour won $444,444.45.

The Palms Newsagency proprietor, Ross McMaster, is keen to make sure as many people as possible in NSW hear that his shop sold a first division win in Saturday Lotto.

“We have a strong local customer base, but being in a popular tourist area there’s no way of knowing if the winner is a local or a holiday-maker. All we can do is make sure as many people as possible hear about the win and check their tickets so that we find the winner, wherever they may be.

“We had a great run of big wins a couple years ago but then it went quiet for a while, so we are really exited to be back selling big prizes,” Mr McMaster said.

Hurstville

Hurstville’s mystery $444,444 winner purchased their winning Saturday Lotto entry from Viva Newsagency at Shops 120-122, Westfield Shoppingtown, Hurstville.

“Considering the winner is not a member of Players Club we will be encouraging everyone we see to bring their Saturday Lotto tickets in for checking. I hope we find our mystery winner soon. I bet they will be delighted when they find out they’ve won Lotto,” Damian Susantio from Viva Newsagency said.

Along with the two NSW winning entries, one winning entry was sold each in Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia and four winning entries were sold by the Victorian based lottery operator Tattersall’s.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 25, 8, 27, 23, 42 and 11, with the supplementary numbers 20 and 33.

Listed - 04/02/2010 10:40am

A single entry purchased in Sydney’s inner western suburb of Ashfield scored five of eight shares in last night’s $1 million Wednesday Lotto draw.

Each winning share is worth $125,000, with Ashfield’s lucky winner scoring a total of more than $643,000 in division one and other divisional prizes.

“There have been occasions where people have had multiple wins on one ticket, as far as we can determine this could be the first time we have seen five division one wins on a single ticket,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager John Vineburg said.

“It is certainly a very unusual occurrence and I look forward to hearing the winner’s reaction to their amazing good luck,” Mr Vineburg added.

The winning entry - purchased from Westend Newsagency at 279 Liverpool Road, Ashfield – belongs to a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials, who are keen to speak to Ashfield’s multiple Lotto winner, have been unable to contact the winner by phone.

Proprietor of Westend Newsagency, Ly Ung, is busy telling his customers that one of them could be Lotto’s luckiest winner.

“We’ve sold lots of division one wins before, but to sell five in one draw is amazing, it must be some sort of record,” Mr Ung said.

“Everyone is really surprised to hear the news and plenty of people are checking their tickets with great enthusiasm,” Mr Ung added.

Two more $125,000 shares were sold in the Sydney Suburbs of Beecroft and Eastwood. As the owners of both winning tickets are not members of Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of attempting to contact them with the good news.

Beecroft’s winning entry was sold from Beecroft Newsagency at 14 Hannah Street, Beecroft.

The $125,000 winning ticket sold in Eastwood was purchased from ZMZ Eastwood Newsagency at 21 Railway Parade, Eastwood.

Along with Sydney’s seven winners another $125,000 division one winning entry was sold in South Australia.

The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s $1 million Lotto draw were 23, 5, 21, 42, 36 and 7, with the supplementary numbers 29 and 11.

02/02/2010 09:25am

Monday Lotto’s $2 million division one prize was won by a single winning entry purchased in Sydney’s inner western suburb of Marrickville.

As the winner is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the lucky person to inform them of the good news. They may be completely unaware that they are now a multi-millionaire thanks to Lotto.

“At this stage the winning ticket has not been presented for verification, so all we can do is advise Lotto players in the Marrickville area to check their tickets very carefully as there will be a nice surprise is in store for the holder of the winning ticket,” NSW Lotteries Communications Manager, John Vineburg said.

“When the winner does come forward there will be a $2 million tax-free prize waiting for them,” Mr Vineburg added.

The winning entry was purchased from Cranes Newsagency at 290 Marrickville Road, Marrickville.

The winning numbers from Monday night’s $2 million Lotto draw were 40, 1, 21, 45, 7 and 39, with the supplementary numbers 33 and 6.

Listed - 12/01/2010 11:20am

Last night’s $4 million Monday Lotto jackpot was shared by three winners, two of last night’s winners purchased their tickets in NSW.

Winners from the South-west town of Griffith and the Sydney suburb of Rosebery scored $1,339,740.46 each.

Griffith

”You are joking me,” was the first response from the winning Griffith couple when a NSW Lotteries official broke news of their new millionaire status.

“We have been hoping for something like this to happen for a very long time.

“We’ll pay off the house first, this is going to make life so much easier,” the winners added.

Peter Searl, from Searls Newsagency at 412 Banna Avenue Griffith, said that he was happy to sell another big Lotto prize.

“We didn’t have any big wins for quite some time and then two division one Lotto wins in less than three weeks; it looks like our luck has turned around.

“We’re going for the hat-trick, so we’ll tell everyone to come and get their tickets here while we’re running hot,” Mr Searl said this morning.

An anonymous Griffith winner scored $1 million in Wednesday Lotto on 23 December with a ticket purchased from Searls Newsagency.

Rosebery

The Rosebery winner, who has asked to remain anonymous, is a member of NSW Lotteries Players Club so they received a call directly from NSW Lotteries to break news of their win.

The ticket which scored its lucky owner more than $1.3 million was purchased from Rosebery Newsagency at 351 Gardeners Road, Rosebery.

“Over the years we have sold quite a few wins, so we are delighted to have another one under our belt,” Michael Negus from Rosebery Newsagency said this morning.
“We have a very loyal customer base, I’m delighted that one of them is now a millionaire,” Mr Negus added.

NSW Lotteries were able to contact Monday Lotto’s winners as they are members of Players Club. For just a small annual fee, Players Club members can protect their prizes and ensure that they can be contacted in the event of a major win.

Along with the two NSW winning tickets in last night’s Monday Lotto draw a winning entry was also sold in South Australia.

The winning numbers in last night’s $4 million Monday Lotto draw were 7, 20, 2, 21, 23, and 5 with the supplementary numbers 32 and 14.

Listed - 11/01/2010 10:30am

Saturday Lotto’s $4 million division one prize was shared among seven winning entries nationally, including one winning entry in NSW.

Each winning ticket scored its owner $571,428.58. The NSW win belongs to a 15 share syndicate, sold in the Sydney Suburb of Cabramatta, each syndicate member scored a $38,095.25 share of the loot.

Mitchum Newsagency at 64B John Street, Cabramatta sold nine of the winning syndicate shares and Mitchum News at Shop 12, Cabramatta Arcade, 105-107 John Street, Cabramatta sold six of the winning syndicate shares.

Anne Huang, proprietor of Mitchum Newsagency and Mitchum News said that there are lots of happy customers coming in to check their tickets today.

“We are really excited, this is the third division one prize we have sold in 20 months.

“When we have sold big prizes in the past, some people have said that lightening doesn’t strike in the same place twice, so they didn’t expect us to sell any more big wins. I think we have blown that theory right out of the water and I’m sure we will have many more lightening strikes,” Ms Huang laughed.

“A few of the winning syndicate members have already been given the good news when they presented their winning entries for checking yesterday and today. There are still a few who haven’t checked yet, so we expect to be busy delivering good news over the next few days,” Ms Huang added.

Network syndicates allow players to share the cost of a large systems entry without having to form their own syndicate. Entries are sold separately.

Along with the NSW syndicate entry, three winning entries were sold in Queensland, two by the Victorian based lottery operator Tattersall’s and one winning entry was sold in South Australia.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $4 million Lotto draw were 45, 8, 6, 36, 18 and 20, with the supplementary numbers 39 and 29.

Listed - 03/01/2010 11:20am

NSW Lotto players kicked off the New Year by scoring eight of the 18 first division prizes won nationally in last night’s $30 million Saturday Lotto Superdraw.

The NSW winning entries, each worth more than $1.6 million, were sold in the Sydney suburbs of Chatswood, Darling Harbour, Dulwich Hill, Fairfield West, Manly and Mulgoa, at Redhead in Newcastle, and as a 20-share online syndicate.

Chatswood

Johno Soegimin, owner of Supanews Chatswood at Chatswood Chase, where the winning $1.6 million Lotto ticket was sold, is convinced that their good luck is down to their new premises.

“We moved to new premises a few months back and it has been so lucky for us. Selling a $1.6 million win in the $30 million Lotto draw is a great start to the New Year for us and of course for the lucky winner,” Mr Soegimin said.

The winning ticket is not registered with NSW Lotteries Players Club, so Lotto players in the area are advised to check their own tickets very carefully to see if they are a millionaire.

Darling Harbour

Although the owner of the winning ticket sold at Darling Harbour is not a Players Club member, Cemile Tehniklioglu from World News Centre, is determined to find the winner and give them the good news.

“Being situated in Darling Harbour we get a lot of interstate and international tourists coming in to buy a ticket while they are in town, so there is just no telling who it could be. We will put up signs and tell everyone that we see to check their tickets, we want to find our lucky winner and give them the best news of their life – that they have won Lotto,” Ms Tehniklioglu said.

Dulwich Hill

A $1.6 million winning Lotto entry, sold at Dulwich Hill Newsagency at 404 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill, is not registered to a NSW Lotteries Players Club member and so NSW Lotteries do not have any contact information for the winner.

“As soon as word gets out that the ticket is not registered with Players Club and it was sold from this shop there will be queues of people wanting to check their tickets,” Mr Minh Nguyen from Dulwich Hill Newsagency said this morning.

Fairfield West

As Fairfield West’s latest Lotto millionaire is not a member of the NSW Lotteries Players Club, NSW Lotteries officials have no way of contacting the lucky winner with the good news.

All Saturday Lotto players in the area are advised to check their tickets very carefully as it could be worth more than $1.6 million.

The winning entry was purchased from Fairvale Newsagency at Shop 3, 338 Hamilton Road, Fairfield West.

Manly

A day trip to Manly scored a Greystanes man a $1.6 million winning Lotto ticket.

The 69-year-old man was taking visiting friends to Manly for the day when he purchased the winning ticket from Humphrey’s Newsagency at 60 The Corso, Manly.

“My stomach is jumping, I’m full of nerves, I can’t believe this,” the man told the NSW Lotteries official who broke news of his windfall this morning.

“I checked my Powerball ticket when I was in Manly and won $24, so I used the money to buy this ticket. I can’t believe I’ve become a millionaire just before my seventieth birthday later this month.

“We’ve battled financially all our lives, the first thing I’m going to do is buy a new car. I’ll let the news sink in before I think about what else to do,” the winner added.

Chris Humphrey from Humphrey’s Newsagency said it was “fantastic news”.

“We love to hear that someone who bought their ticket from our shop has had a big win. It’s always great to sell a big one and even better to get one this early in the year,” Mr Humphrey added.

Mulgoa

Although the winner who purchased their winning entry in the Western Sydney suburb of Mulgoa is a NSW Lotteries Players Club member, the winner was not contactable by telephone this morning. A letter will be mailed to the winner to inform them of their new millionaire status.

The winning entry was purchased from Mulgoa Newsagency at Shop 10 Mulgoa Shopping Centre, Mulgoa.

“This is the biggest prize we have ever sold, so it is a very happy New Year for us and the winner. I hope that there are more big wins on the way for my customers,” Mr Sung Hoon Kim, owner of Mulgoa Newsagency said this morning.

Redhead

A 83-year-old Redhead woman was close to tears this morning when a NSW Lotteries official told her that she is now more than $1.6 million better off after picking up a share in Saturday Lotto’s $30 million prize pool.

“I’ve never won anything before and I never expected this. I never thought I would ever be a millionaire, it’s my husband who always said he’d win the Lotto one day,” the Redhead pensioner said.

“I only buy Lotto so that I could help my children if I won, I can’t wait to tell them this news. I’ve never had much and the pension doesn’t go very far, so I can’t tell you how much this will help us,” the winner added.

She purchased her winning Saturday Lotto entry from Redhead Newsagency at 117 Cowlishaw Street, Redhead.

Network Syndicate

Another Saturday Lotto first division win of $1.6 million was shared by a network syndicate of 20 members, with each member picking up $86,000 in total divisional prize money.

The winning syndicate shares were purchased from NSW Lotteries agencies at: Bankstown, Bondi Beach, Dubbo, Eastlakes, Hurstville, Lane Cove, Mascot, Macquarie Fields, McMahons Point, Mona Vale (two shares) Mount Pritchard, North Strathfield, Salamander Bay, St Marys, South Penrith, Wentworthville, Wanniassa and Woden (in the ACT), and Yagoona West.

Network syndicates allow players to share the cost of a large systems entry without having to form their own syndicate. Entries are sold separately at different agencies across the 1,600 in the NSW Lotteries retail network.

The winning numbers from Saturday night’s $30 million Lotto Superdraw were 12, 5, 42, 16, 34 and 33, with the supplementary numbers 32 and 30.