A Mermaid Beach grandmother admits she hasn’t stopped crying happy tears since she discovered she was now more than $500,000 richer after winning division one in the weekend’s Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
 
The happy Gold Coast resident held one of the eight division one winning entries across Australia in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3857 on 7 July 2018. Each entry takes home a division one prize of $503,668.42.
 
While her winning entry was registered to a Winners Circle card, her contact details were incomplete.  Thankfully, the woman checked her ticket and discovered her life-changing news herself.
 
“I just can’t believe it!” she exclaimed when speaking with a Golden Casket official.
 
“I checked my ticket and I refused to believe it. 

“I’ve been crying ever since!
 

“This win has come at such a great time. I’ve had a bit of a rough time lately but this will make life a whole lot easier.”
 
The woman won with just a 4-game marked entry that cost $2.85.
 
“I’ve been playing these same numbers for decades. I think they were special numbers to start with but I’ve been playing them for so long I don’t even remember,” she laughed.
 
The winner also vowed to update her Winners Circle contact details should another win fall her way.
 
“My best piece of advice for anyone is to check your tickets!” she said.
 
The winning entry was purchased at IGA Mermaid Waters, Cnr Karbunya Street and Sunshine Boulevard, Mermaid Waters.
 
IGA Mermaid Waters manager Matthew McCabe said the outlet had been busy celebrating selling its first division one win in many years.
 
“We sold one many years ago so it’s great to have another one under our belt,” he said.
 
“Since Sunday, we’ve had a lot of people coming in to check their ticket and also buying tickets because they feel like we’re a lucky store.
 
“We’re so excited the winner has been united with their prize and we wish them all the very best with their win.”
 
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto and Saturday Gold Lotto have created 99 millionaires across Australia.
 
The six winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3857 on Saturday 7 July 2018 were 29, 1, 6, 43, 23 and 18.  The supplementary numbers were 3 and 35.
 
Across Australia there were eight division one winning entries in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3857 – five from Victoria and one each from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
 
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 209 so far this calendar year, including 48 won by Golden Casket customers.
 
Last financial year, there were 290 division one winning entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $341.27 million.