Oz Lotto: One punter hits the $20m jackpot drawn on night of Melbourne Cup

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Throwing caution to the wind has continued to pay off on Melbourne Cup day after one Aussie snagged Oz Lotto’s mammoth $20 million jackpot. 
Throwing caution to the wind has continued to pay off on Melbourne Cup day after one Aussie snagged Oz Lotto’s mammoth $20 million jackpot.  Credit: The Lott

Throwing caution to the wind has continued to pay off on Melbourne Cup day after one Aussie snagged Oz Lotto’s mammoth $20 million jackpot.

The Aussie was the only player to scoop the division one prize and will walk away with the entire $20m haul.

It is not yet known which State the punter hails from.

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Luck continued in division two, with six players netting an enviable $49,270 each.

Division three produced 66 winners across the country who will each pocket a tidy sum worth more than $5,290.

The winning numbers for draw #1655 were 21, 17, 43, 25, 12, 18 and 14. The supps were 15, 42 and 24.

Tuesday’s stroke of luck comes after eight ticketholders scored a hefty $2.5m each in Saturday’s $20m megadraw.

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