Victorian couple give entire lottery winnings to children

An Australian couple who were so generous with their multi-million dollar lottery win have promised to spend their entire windfall on their children and grandchildren.

Gippsland residents from the Sale area of ​​Victoria had one of five winning Division 1 entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 4487, drawn on Saturday 20th July 2024. They take home a total Division 1 prize of $1,012,896.39.

So far in 2024, there have been nine Division 1 winners from the Gippsland region, collectively winning more than $9.32 million in prize money.

The winning woman checked her ticket in the early hours of Sunday morning and was completely stunned to discover that she had just become a millionaire.

“Oh my god! What a wonderful surprise!” she cheered.

“That’s unreal. My god!

“I checked the ticket on Sunday morning and I was stunned. I kept thinking, ‘How did we get so lucky?’

“Remarkably, I’ve been playing the same songs for 40 to 45 years and I don’t know why I chose them over four decades ago, but I’m glad I persisted. I’ve never missed a week!

“It’s just something we never expected. We never expected to be one of the lucky winners.

“We’re going to take our time and process the victory. We haven’t told our families yet, but we will soon.

“Our boys have families of their own and we would love to surprise them with a big family holiday to Queensland to visit the theme parks!

“We want to help them too. Family always comes first!

“Thank you so much for making our year.”

Their entry for 12 games was purchased at Sale Centre Lotto, shop 40, Gippsland Centre, 37-39 Cunningham Street, Sale.

The Sale Centre Lotto team said they were thrilled to have been able to change the life of one of their local residents and wished them the best of luck with their future endeavours.

The winning numbers of TattsLotto draw 4487 on July 20, 2024 were 31, 30, 23, 29, 17 and 25, while the additional numbers were 6 and 14.

There were five winning entries across Australia in the first division of TattsLotto draw 4487: three in Victoria and one each in New South Wales and Queensland.