A man from Sydney’s Canterbury region has put drought-affected farmers at the top of his list of people he’d like to share his Saturday Lotto division one prize with.
 
The man in his 40s held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 3869 on 18 August 2018. Each entry took home a division one prize of $622,806.56.
 
In addition to winning division one, the man’s System QuickPick entry also won division three 42 times and division four 315 times, bolstering his total prize to $686,599.31.
 
The winner was oblivious to his good fortune until a NSW Lotteries official delivered the dream-come-true news this morning.
 
“Wow! I can’t believe it, mate!” he exclaimed.
 
“That’s great news. Just fantastic!
 
“I’ve been playing off and on for a while and initially I thought this was a joke.

“It’s made my day! I’m just ecstatic!”


While news of his win was still sinking in, the Sydney resident said he would share his Saturday Lotto windfall with a number of people on his Lotto List, including drought-affected farmers.
 
“We were going to give a donation to the drought fund, but we can increase that now and make it more substantial.  I think if we’re blessed with something like this, we should pass it on,” he said.
 
“We’ll also pay off our mortgage and put the rest in for the kids, for their education.”
 
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning System QuickPick entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s
official lotteries.
 
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and Saturday Lotto have created 115 millionaires across Australia.
 
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 3869 on Saturday 18 August 2018 were 37, 17, 19, 38, 6 and 26, while the supplementary numbers were
2 and 10.
 
Across Australia there were seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 3869 – four from New South Wales, two from Victoria and one from South Australia.
 
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 259 so far this calendar year, including 66 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
 
Last financial year, there were 290 division one winning Saturday Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $302.7 million.