It won’t be a case of the Monday blues for one lucky Western Australian after it was revealed a Saturday Lotto ticket sold at Flinders Square Lucky Lotto in Yokine scooped the nation’s entire Division 1 prize pool.
Lotterywest spokeswoman Pina Compagnone said the windfall was worth a massive $4.2 million and marked one of only a handful of times that the entire Saturday Lotto prize pool had been taken out by the sandgroper state.
“This is an extremely rare occurrence,” Ms Compagnone said.
“Typically we’ll see a couple of players around the nation take home a piece of the Saturday Lotto prize pool, however this weekend just one winning ticket was produced and it was right here in Western Australia,” she added.
Store owner Peter Barnes said although he was delighted to have potentially changed the life of one lucky local, it wasn’t the first time his store had tasted Lotto luck.
“We’ve now sold three Division 1 winning tickets and given away countless Division 2 prizes,” Mr Barnes said.
“Hopefully we can keep up the momentum ahead of tomorrow’s $30 million OZ Lotto jackpot,” he added.
Ms Compagnone said the weekend win also marked the 26th Division 1 for the State so far this year with players now sharing in almost $70 million in prize money.
“It’s also important to remember that every time you play with Lotterywest you’re contributing to the things that make our State great,” she said.
Ticket sales for tomorrow’s OZ Lotto jackpot are expected to return almost $2 million to the community.
Ms Compagnone said punters have until 6pm on draw day to purchase tickets from Lotterywest in-store, via Play Online or by downloading the app.
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