“I have never won anything!" South Australian mother wins $20 million in lotto
A hard-working mother has won a “life-changing” $20 million in the lotto only weeks after she started playing.
The South Australian mother from the Orroroo region, who cried tears of joy upon hearing she was one of only two division one winters in the Oz Lotto draw on Tuesday, says she wants to help as many of her family member as she can.
“Oh my God!” the ecstatic woman told The Flinders News.
“This is absolutely life changing for so many people in our lives. This is insane!
“My brain is not going to rest today. This is crazy.
“I’d heard there was a winning ticket in the region but didn’t think it was me.
“But I thought I’d just scan my ticket with the Lott app and I’m like ‘oh my God, I think I’m the winner!’.
“Fair dinkum. I can’t believe this.
“You have no idea! It has come at the most appropriate time! It’s huge!
“I’m from a long line of hard workers. Every time I stop and think about it, I think ‘how many people can I help with this?’.
“You have just made my family so happy for the rest of our lives! It’s amazing!”
The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, admitted that she’d only started playing Oz Lotto, inspired by a family tradition.
“I have never won anything before. I’ve just started,” she laughed.
“I decided to do the same as my mum – she’s been playing the same numbers each week. Every time she wins she puts it in a container and lets it add up.
“So I thought ‘bugger it, let’s do it’. We sat down one night and worked out the numbers that had something to do with the family.”