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13 December, 2024
Local couple celebrates million-dollar win
A WARRNAMBOOL couple is this week celebrating a $1.2 million Tattslotto win.
A Warrnambool man gave his partner a “delightful fright” when he surprised her at work, telling her they had won $1.2 million in the weekend’s Tattslotto draw.
The couple held one of the four division one winning entries nationally in Tattslotto draw 2452, pocketing a life-changing $1,258,663.69.
Despite their newly-minted millionaire status, they said they were too stunned to make any concrete plans with their prize, but knew it would be put to good use.
The man had checked his ticket on Saturday night and couldn’t believe his eyes, sitting on the news until the next morning when he surprised his partner at work.
“I can’t believe it,” he said. “I’m feeling pretty damn good. I was sitting down on Saturday night and remembered I had a ticket. When I checked it and saw the win I initially thought, that can’t be right.”
He then triple-checked the ticket just to make sure it was real.
“It was pretty late, and I debated whether to tell my partner straight away over text, but in the end I decided it would be a lot more fun to surprise her at work the next day.
“Thankfully no-one else was there when I walked in. I told her, I’ve got something to tell you, we’ve won tattslotto.
“She replied with you’re kidding, no we didn’t. I had to pull the ticket out again and enter the numbers on The Lott website to prove it.”
The winning entry was purchased at Timor Street Newsagency.
