A Chinchilla man is ready to pamper his pooch after changing his regular numbers to include his dog’s birthday, fetching him a million-dollar win in Weekday Windfall.
The chirpy Queenslander held one of two division one winning entries nationally in Weekday Windfall draw 4445, drawn Friday 21 September 2024.
Each entry pocketed a clean $1 million.
The newly-minted millionaire shared he had been trying to fathom his newfound treasure for a couple of days since discovering the winning news late Friday night.
“Thank you so much!” he said.
“I’m thanking my dog because if I hadn’t changed my regular numbers to include his birthday, I wouldn’t have won.
“He’s already spoilt but he’ll be getting extra spoilt now!
“I checked my ticket Friday night and I was like ‘What? This can’t be right!’. I was up all night after that.
“My wife didn’t believe me, so she got a good sleep-in. When she finally realised I wasn’t joking, she actually threw up!
“The whole weekend I couldn’t take my mind off it. Now that it’s confirmed, I can finally let it sink in.
“It’s more than exciting. It’s phenomenal.”
When asked how he planned to use his million-dollar prize, the winning man had a few ideas in mind.
“We haven’t been on a holiday in years so that would be great to finally go somewhere and have a break,” he said.
“We can buy a house too. We’re renting so this is going to help so much.
“With the rest we can invest.
“Of course, once we’re less overwhelmed, we can go out to dinner to celebrate.”
Across Australia, there were two division one winning entries in Weekday Windfall draw 4445 – two in Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 323 so far in 2024, including 72 won by Golden Casket customers.
In FY24, Weekday Windfall (formerly Monday and Wednesday Lotto) created 98 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 108 division one winning Weekday Windfall (formerly Monday and Wednesday Lotto) entries across Australia, which collectively won $107 million.
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.8 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
