The West Aussie winner of Saturday\u2019s Megadraw has come forward to collect her slice of the $30 million jackpot, revealing how a \u201cfunny feeling\u201d prompted her to buy the lucky slip.<\/p>\n
At the eleventh hour, the woman in her 70s decided to go back to The Lucky Charm in Harrisdale and purchase a ticket for herself after she bought one earlier as a birthday gift for her adult son.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was something in the back of my mind telling me to go and buy another ticket,\u201d the winner said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI managed to get to the newsagents in Harrisdale before it closed on Saturday and thought nothing more of it until I was shopping the next day and decided to check my ticket in-store.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was shocked when the girl in the store quietly told me I won, but I couldn\u2019t let myself believe it until I got to Lotterywest to verify the win. I don\u2019t think I slept a wink that night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overjoyed by the mammoth $4.29m win, the woman from Perth\u2019s southeast plans to pay off her mortgage and set off on a holiday with her newfound fortune.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s Lotto luck follows a tidy division one win in Monday night\u2019s Millionaire Medley game.<\/p>\n
The $1m ticket was sold at Riverton Forum Lottery Kiosk, with the winner yet to claim their cash.<\/p>\n
Lotterywest spokesperson Zoe Wender said the State\u2019s recent big wins come after a string of division one hauls this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cWA has celebrated eight division one prizes since the start of July and we hope to see that number grow following tonight\u2019s $20 million OZ Lotto draw,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been absolutely freezing in Perth over the last few days so it\u2019s wonderful to hear heartwarming stories of Lotto wins changing the lives of West Aussies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Punters will get the chance to be in the running for Tuesday\u2019s $20m Oz Lotto jackpot, with tickets available for purchase online or in-store until 6pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The West Aussie winner of Saturday\u2019s Megadraw has come forward to collect her slice of the $30 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,1625,12067,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-30671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-lifestyle","12":"tag-lotto","13":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}