An official from The Lott told her she’d won division one in the September 4 Powerball draw, as well as 19 second division prizes.
“Oh my god!” she screamed, when The Lott official called immediately after the draw.
“That’s crazy. Are you serious? I thought, ‘Who is calling me this time of night?’ and I thought this was a weird number.
“That’s my family and friends in the background. I can’t hear you over everyone screaming.”
The woman was in disbelief.
“All day I’ve been saying, ‘Someone please call me tonight, I want to win Powerball’,” she said.
“I can retire, and go on a holiday. I’m shaking. I can’t stop.”
The winner said they were the same lucky numbers she played every week.
They finally paid off.
“I’m in shock, I definitely won’t be able to sleep tonight,” the newly minted local millionaire said.
There were four $20m division one winners in draw 1529, the first time in more than a decade four entries have shared a division one jackpot.
Along with the Mooroopna woman, the other winners included people from Queensland and Western Australia, while one entry purchased at East Brighton was unregistered.
The Mooroopna winner purchased her PowerHit entry through The Lott app.
Her division one and 19 division two wins totalled $20,565,178.75 in prize money.
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