$40m Australian Powerball Winner Wants to go Everywhere

Would you be able to sleep if winning $40 million playing the Australian Powerball draw? A woman from St Albans in Melbourne, Australia certainly couldn’t. She’ll have to stay awake though as the winner has plenty of travel plans.

The lucky player was one of two big winners who shared the $80 million top prize. A ticket holder in Victoria was the other jackpot winner in the May 19 draw.

The Melbourne player won with a ticket that was given to her as a gift. Even though she heard the numbers being called out, her ticket wasn’t checked immediately.  No wonder she was so shocked when discovering her success.

Lack of sleep

Speaking to The Lott, the Australian Powerball winner was still struggling to accept what had happened to her. One thing she did admit was a distinct lack of sleep since- finding out she was Australia’s latest multi-millionaire.

Her ticket had successfully matched 05-08-11-15-27-28 and 34 to win the $40 million top prize. When she did finally discover her win, her first thought was to call her family who were also in shock at the news. There were plenty of “cheers and tears,” said the Australian Powerball winner.

Speaking about her amazing win, the delighted player said: “You always wonder about what you would do if something like this were to happen, and now it has happened, I have no idea what to do.”

Travel galore

Well, that’s not strictly true as she’s revealed plans to travel to the US and Japan. Other destinations look likely as well as the winner declared: “I’d love to go everywhere!” A new house will also be purchased with her windfall. Sharing some of her winnings with her family is also planned.

The winning Australian Powerball ticket was purchased from the Sunshine Marketplace Lotto in Melbourne. That’s owned by Yen-Le-Mai who has decorated her store since discovering she’d sold the $40 million ticket.

“It's created such a buzz. All of our customers are so happy for us but are especially happy for their fellow customer who won,” said the store owner.

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