A Sussex Inlet resident has declared he is ‘one happy man’ after discovering he is $200,000 richer from a lotto win.
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The ecstatic man won the guaranteed first prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1128, drawn on Thursday, September 13.
The happy man bought his ticket from St Georges Basin Newsagency, and said he couldn’t believe his luck.
“When I scanned the ticket it said ‘Congratulations’ but it didn’t tell me how much I’d won and that’s when I started thinking ‘Hold on, something is up here’,” he said.
“So I took the ticket to the counter and then the ladies started jumping up and down and told me I had won the first prize. They were so excited for me.”
The man has been buying Lucky Lotteries all his life, and said he had been waiting for a win.
“All I kept thinking was ‘Is this actually happening? Did I really win $200,000?’ I just couldn’t believe it! But now I am speaking to you, I actually believe it,” he said.
“Yee-haw! What a great day. I am one happy man!”
The Sussex Inlet man said he had some grand plans for his winnings.
“First thing we will do is buy a car and pay off the mortgage,” he said.
“Then we will probably go on a holiday because we haven’t been on one in such a long time!
“My wife just said she wants to go to the Cook Islands. So I guess that is where we are going.”
St Georges Basin Newsagency co-owner Lyn Yenne said she was ecstatic to have sold a 1st Prize winning entry.
“Oh my god, it’s so exciting,” she said.
“I am so glad we have made one of our customers $200,000 richer. I am so happy for them.”
Ms Yenne said while the newsagency had sold a few big prizes in the past, they were definitely due for another one.
