A Cairns man popped the cork on a bottle of French champagne to celebrate his windfall from the Saturday Gold Lotto draw on the weekend.

The Queenslander held one of the nine division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4477 on Saturday 15 June 2024. Each division one winning entry pocketed $541,052.71, as the top prize split among a large number of winners.

“I found out this morning at 5am! I usually wake up pretty early and I checked my ticket,” the happy winner explained.

“I let my wife sleep until 7am and then I said, ‘I’ve got news that’s going to make your day!’.

“It’s awesome!

“I’ve only been playing for about 30 years!

“It’s been a bit of a joke in my family that I keep saying that when I win Gold Lotto, I’m going to do this and that. Well, the joke’s on them as now I have won!

“This really takes the pressure off.

“It means my wife and I can retire. We want to travel around Australia in a caravan and this means we’ll be able to do all of that sooner than we thought.

“We’ve already bought a bottle of French champagne to celebrate!

“You’ve got to be in it to win it!”

The man’s winning 50-game QuickPick was purchased at TSG & Golden Casket DFO Cairns, Shop 305, DFO Cairns, 274 Mulgrave Road, Cairns.

TSG & Golden Casket DFO Cairns manager Kelly Moran said she was celebrating the win with balloons, streamers and “lots of smiles all round”.

“Our customers will be happy to learn that a division one winning ticket was sold by our store and will be looking forward to their chance to win,” she said.

“Our last winning division one winning entry was sold in 2022, so we have now sold two division one winning entries in five years.

“We wish to send a huge congratulations to our lucky customer. We have so many wonderful customers and are so glad we helped to make someone’s dreams come true!”

The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4477 on 15 June 2024 were 34, 40, 12, 23, 36 and 38, while the supplementary numbers were 8 and 30.

Across Australia, there were nine division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4477 – three each in Queensland and Victoria, two in New South Wales and one in South Australia.

Cairns man pops the champagne to celebrate Saturday Gold Lotto prize

A Cairns man wasted no time celebrating his Saturday Gold Lotto win, popping a bottle of French champagne with his wife.
The queenslander held one of the nine division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4477 on Saturday 15 June 2024. Each division one winning entry pocketed $541,052.71, as the top prize split among a large number of winners.
“I found out this morning at 5am! I usually wake up pretty early and I checked my ticket,” the happy winner explained.

“I let my wife sleep until 7am and then I said, ‘I’ve got news that’s going to make your day!’.

“It’s awesome!

“I’ve only been playing for about 30 years!

“It’s been a bit of a joke in my family that I keep saying that when I win Gold Lotto, I’m going to do this and that. Well, the joke’s on them as now I have won!

“This really takes the pressure off.

“It means my wife and I can retire. We want to travel around Australia in a caravan and this means we’ll be able to do all of that sooner than we thought.

“We’ve already bought a bottle of French champagne to celebrate!

“You’ve got to be in it to win it!”

The man’s winning 50-game QuickPick was purchased at TSG & Golden Casket DFO Cairns, Shop 305, DFO Cairns, 274 Mulgrave Road, Cairns.

TSG & Golden Casket DFO Cairns manager Kelly Moran said she was celebrating the win with balloons, streamers and “lots of smiles all round”.

“Our customers will be happy to learn that a division one winning ticket was sold by our store and will be looking forward to their chance to win,” she said.

“Our last winning division one winning entry was sold in 2022, so we have now sold two division one winning entries in five years.

“We wish to send a huge congratulations to our lucky customer. We have so many wonderful customers and are so glad we helped to make someone’s dreams come true!”

The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4477 on 15 June 2024 were 34, 40, 12, 23, 36 and 38, while the supplementary numbers were 8 and 30.

Across Australia, there were nine division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4477 – three each in Queensland and Victoria, two in New South Wales and one in South Australia.