Lotto: Seven ticketholders hit jackpot, take home share in Saturday’s $30 million Megadraw
Seven lucky ticketholders will be taking home a massive slice of Saturday’s $30 million Megadraw.
The fortunate punters will each walk away with more than $4.2 million after matching six winning numbers.
Lotterywest revealed the winners hail from WA, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.They truly were lucky, with the odds of winning division one in Saturday’s game 8,145,060 to 1, according to Lotterywest.
Up to a third of Aussie adults were expected to take a chance in Saturday’s draw and it paid off for many players across the board.
Luck rained down on another 118 players who scored $11,463.35 with division two wins.
A handy cash boost of $937.15 will be making its way to the pockets of 2,185 division three winners across the country.
The winning numbers for draw #4593 were 17, 23, 40, 42, 44 and 2. The supps were 27 and 39.
Saturday luck comes after one ticketholder from Queensland scooped Thursday’s $30 million Powerball jackpot.
When the retiree was contacted by an official from The Lott on Friday morning he had not even checked his tickets and was understandably stunned — given the biggest prize he’d ever previously won was an Easter basket.
“Holy sh**! Wow. Unbelievable!” he told them.
“Oh, my goodness. Words can’t explain how I’m feeling right now. Dear, dear, dear.”
