Three people have shared the $90 million Oz Lotto division jackpot drawn on Boxing Day night, with all three winning tickets coming from NSW.
The owner of each winning ticket will each receive a life-changing $32,629,794. There were also 31 division two winners, each taking home a handy $52,070.
In total there were 1,995,230 winners with a total prize pool of more than $150 million.
One winner, a father from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, was getting ready for bed when he realized he had won, but mistakenly thought he had just won $32,000.
‘What! Thirty-two million?’ he said during the conversation.
“I read it was $32,000. I didn’t read it properly. That’s so cool. That’s insane. Thats crazy.
Three people will become the multi-millionaires of 2024 after splitting the Oz Lotto division in one $90 million jackpot drawn on Boxing Day (stock image)
‘I saw there was a big draw tonight and I thought: ‘just stop, I’ll go for it’. I can not believe it. These kinds of things don’t happen to someone like me.’
He said caring for his loved ones was his priority with his winnings.
“I want to buy a house, house the kids and enjoy a holiday abroad,” he said.
‘Family is everything to me.’
By late Wednesday morning, all three winners had been identified, with the final ticket claimed by a Fairfield man in Sydney’s western suburbs.
The second winner admitted “he had a sleepless night fantasizing about entrepreneurship and early retirement” after finding out he would enter 2024 as a millionaire late on Tuesday.
‘Last night I got three missed calls while I was driving. I wondered who it was. Then I saw a text saying I needed to check my tickets,” he told The Lott.
‘I couldn’t sleep a wink when I got home. Seriously, I didn’t sleep a bit.
‘I’m laughing now, but last night I was in total shock. I can’t explain the feelings I went through. I’ve never won anything, let alone millions of dollars!’
Each winner will take home $32,629,794 each, with one saying he had a sleepless night daydreaming about an early retirement (stock image)
The third and final lucky winner was a Campbelltown man who doesn’t consistently play the lotto.
‘Oh my God!’ he said when he got the call.
‘I can not believe it. I’m shaking. I play sometimes, and today I saw there was a $90 million drawing, so I just grabbed a ticket this afternoon.
‘I can not believe it. It’s a dream come true.’
The man said early retirement was now in his and his wife’s sights.
‘It’s not just for myself, but for my whole family. “Some of my family have been going through tough times lately and this will be a huge help,” he said
‘This is such a wonderful thing. My wife and I work very hard, but I think an early retirement is on the horizon, in addition to helping our children and family.”
The winning numbers in Tuesday night’s draw were 17, 44, 22, 42, 31, 24 and 28 with additional numbers 3, 16 and 39.
