A married couple from the Mareeba region couldn’t contain their happiness this morning after discovering they won division one in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
 
The ecstatic pair held one of the 10 division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3851 on Saturday 16 June 2018. Each entry took home a division one prize of $417,040.52.
 
“Oh my goodness! This is amazing!” the winning woman screamed when a Golden Casket official confirmed their win.
 
"When can I shout you a beer?” her husband added.
 
“My husband’s got a sore back and I’m sure it’s just disappeared. Now he’s got a little spring in his step,” the woman laughed.

“This is just shock. It’s just beyond amazing!


“Thank you for making our day, our week, our year!
 
“We’ve been playing those numbers for about 20 years! Some are family birthdays and ages. They are numbers we play all the time. If I miss a week I shudder and never check the draw just in case they did come up.
 
“We never thought for a moment we’d win the big one. A few years ago, we won $1,000 and we were so thrilled. We’re over the moon with this.”
 
The Mareeba couple shared their large family of children and grandchildren would be high on their Lotto List.
 
“We have lots of people to share this with,” the woman said.
 
“And maybe a new car,” the husband added.
 
The Mareeba residents, who wish to remain anonymous, purchased their 12-game marked entry from Mareeba Discount Drug Store, Shop 9-11, Mareeba Plaza, Byrnes Street, Mareeba.
 
Mareeba Discount Drug Store owner Bianca Hope said word had quickly spread around town that another division one win had landed in the region.
 
“It’s always good to know another local customer has won,” she said.
 
“It’s a small town, so people know straight away. It’s been really exciting to sell another division one winning entry.”
 
The six winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3851 on Saturday 16 June 2018 were 26, 8, 22, 45, 2 and 12.  The supplementary numbers were 1 and 38.
 
Across Australia there were 10 division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3851 – five from Queensland, two each from Victoria and New South Wales, and one from South Australia.
 
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 190 so far this calendar year, including 44 won by Golden Casket customers.