Tara Murray
A young Braybrook family got the shock of their lives when they realised that they had won $1 million in Wednesday’s lotto draw.
The family originally thought they had won $1000 but soon discovered it was a much larger windfall.
The family was one of two winners in this week’s draw, each taking home more than $1 million.
“I checked our ticket last night on The Lott app,” the winning man explained on Thursday.
“When I first checked it, I thought ‘score, I’ve won $1000’. But then I looked again, and I realised there were a lot more zeros on the end.
“I ran straight up the stairs to my wife screaming and gave her a big hug and told her we are millionaires.
“She thought I was pranking her at first, but then I showed her it on my phone and she was so shocked.
“We couldn’t believe it! We had to check the ticket about 10 times to be sure.
“We were so excited that we accidentally woke the kids up from our screaming.”
The man said the family would buy a new house and car with the winnings and then keep some for their kids’ futures.
The winning ticket was purchased at Braybrook News & Lotto.
Team member Andy Pham said the outlet was celebrating the exciting division one win.
“It’s so exciting!” he said.
“We haven’t sold a division one winning entry in a while, so this is such great news.
“We would love to send our congratulations to the winning family. We hope they make lots of exciting plans with their prize and it brings them great joy.
“Often, we have customers asking us if we’ve sold a division one winning entry recently, and I can’t wait to share this news with them.”
