A serene morning in the garden provided a startling surprise for one unsuspecting Mooloolah woman when she found out she had won the Saturday Gold Lotto draw. Her winning added up to a jaw-dropping sum of $500,000 totally transforming her quiet morning into one that was nothing short of thrilling.
The fortunate woman from Sunshine Coast was one amongst the 10 individuals who hit the jackpot in Saturday Gold Lotto draw number 4507. Winning the lottery on 28 September 2024 has made her richer by an astonishing $518,364.63.
It was an out-of-the-blue phone call from the lottery officials that morning which turned her life upside down. Mother to her children and grandmother to her grandchildren, she was nonplussed about her sudden, unexpected windfall. The news left her dumbfounded, but ecstatic all the same.
Impossible to believe, the hard-to-swallow news had her questioning the authenticity of this lottery win. Her disbelief resonated in her astounded, “Is this for real?”
A regular player of the weekly lottery, she confessed that she had yet to look into the results for the recent week. Now standing at the brink of the most unimagined occurrence, she was finding it impossible to get a grip on reality. It seemed like a dream as she consistently pinched herself to make sure she was not imagining it all.
Her husband joined her later, quite as taken aback with the joyous notification. They were lost in a pleasant daze, overwhelmed with the profound development. She narrated that till a few hours ago her day involved some routine gardening. Now, in the light of these unforeseen circumstances, she might end up discarding the plans to tend her plants, lest she ends up withholding important nutrients to her plants.
The day had turned a new leaf, literally and figuratively. Everything seemed new and different. As the unexpected thrill made way into their mundane, everyday life, they decided to take the rest of the day off as a recovery period. The much-needed breather would give them time to process everything. How to go about their latest acquisition? The question hovered over their heads like an unsolvable riddle.
Meanwhile, as they decided to keep it from their children until a plan was chalked out, words of gratitude kept escaping them, thanking their stars for the unbelievable blessing.
The lucky winning ticket was an 18-game QuickPick and was procured from a local vendor – Mooloolah Newsagency. This win had everyone excited, right from the winning lady to the newsagent who sold the lucky ticket.
Natalie Lelievre, the woman behind the Mooloolah Newsagency, didn’t hide her joy of having sold their first division one winning entry. Expressing her pious delight for being instrumental in making a local resident a division one winner, Natalie confirmed the shop’s bubbly festive environment filled with beautiful balloons.
The winning lottery numbers that blessed her with the life-changing fortune were 34, 40, 29, 15, 19 and 37, and the supplementary numbers turned out to be 6 and 44.
This Lottery draw recorded 10 Division One winners from all over Australia, with four from Queensland, four from Victoria, and two from Western Australia, all sharing the sum.
As of the fiscal year of 2024, the Saturday Gold Lotto has graced several Australians, creating a total of 158 millionaires across the nation, proving that everyone has a fair shot to change their destinies.
