Change of Game Leads to $40 million Oz Lotto Jackpot

Sometimes players change their numbers and then win a big prize. A couple from Sydney in Australia changed the game they play and won a $40 million Oz Lotto jackpot.

The couple live in Galston which is a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales. Their winning ticket matched 01-10-15-18-33-36-42 to be the sole winners of the $40 million Oz Lotto top prize in the July 16 draw.

Their ticket had been registered so that meant the lottery company knew who had won the jackpot. The female player admits that she was about to fall asleep when the Lott called her with the amazing news. The news she got was certainly worth staying awake for.

Just gobsmacked

“You're joking, Oh my god,' she screamed when being told of the Oz Lotto jackpot win. Not quite knowing what to say, the shocked winner continued: “I’m just gobsmacked. I just can’t believe it.”

Talking about the windfall, she admitted that usually it’s the Australian Powerball draw that is played. “I thought I’d give Oz Lotto a chance,” she said and what a decision that was.

It’s unreal

The couple have long dreamt of what they’d do if a big lottery jackpot came along. However, the newest millionaire in Australia commented: “You never think it's going to come true. It's unreal.'

Even though the couple have won $40 million, the husband said he’d still be going to work. That’s unlike  a Canadian couple who won a $55 million Lotto Max jackpot  and said they were now “officially retired.”

Speaking about the great news he said that their win “buys us time to be able to do the things we want to do.”

It’s not just themselves that will be helped by this win. He added that their windfall will allow them to help those who have helped them in the past.

You can imagine the smile on his wife’s face when he then said: “'I always say that I've already won the lottery because I live in Australia, I'm healthy and I met my beautiful wife.”

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