First Lottery Ticket Makes Australian Couple Millionaires

A couple from Melton in Melbourne, Australia took a friend’s advice to start playing the lottery. Their very first ticket won them $1.28 million in the TattsLotto draw held on March 8.

Their ticket was one of four that won a division one prize. All the winners will receive $1,262,948.41.

What a debut!

It was a dream debut for the couple who had never before entered a lottery draw. No wonder therefore that when the lottery company called them with the great news, the husband declared: “Are you serious?!”

They were indeed and the male half of the couple explained how someone had told him to try his luck playing a lottery. His reply had been ‘why not!” but he could never have imagined such an instant success.

He and his wife run a business and it’s been going through “a tough time” of late. They had been considering selling their business but this lottery win is “an absolute godsend.” Last year, Canadian Kyle Murray  won a $70 million Lotto Max jackpot with his first lottery ticket.

Lucky 13

13 is often considered an unlucky number but not for a man from Manly in New South Wales, Australia. He won the $10 million jackpot in the Australian Powerball draw held on March 13.

He discovered his amazing luck just before he was going to go to bed.and the following day he recalled his reaction to finding out he’d won $10 million.

“I started shaking and I definitely wasn’t sleepy after that. I couldn’t help but shed a tear,” said the delighted winner.

His fear was that when waking up, the $10 million win “wouldn’t be there” and it “was all a dream.” That’s just  how an English £500,000 Thunderball winner felt.

It was all tr ue though and he still went to work as planned. Not surprisingly though, this latest winner admitted:  “I can’t think straight.”  

He plans to seek some financial advice but his working days appear to be over. The win will be used to help his family.

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