'Lucky b******': Retiree moans about town's latest Lotto winner before realising it's him
A Queensland man cursed the first-division lotto winner in his town only to discover the "lucky b******" was him.
The retiree, from the Noosa town of Cooroy, saw a big prize had been won at his local newsagent on Sunday.
But when he went home to look at his ticket he realised he was the winner and he exclaimed, "Ho, ho, bloody ho", when a Golden Casket official confirmed his $658,157.13 prize.
"I discovered the win yesterday. I was going for a ride on my motorbike and I was packed and ready to go but it was raining. So I went into town to get the paper," the man, who wished to remain anonymous, said.
"As I was leaving the store I saw a sign out the front saying there had been another bloody first division winner. I thought some lucky b****** had won it and then I got home and checked my ticket and I was the lucky b******.
"I celebrated last night by having a jam and cheese sanga and a cup of tea for dinner.
"I said to my daughter, 'I hope it's not like that Alanis Morissette song - I've won the lotto and died the next day'. That's be my bloody luck wouldn't it?"
The man had entered Saturday's Gold Lotto draw as part of a private family syndicate that has been going on for about eight years.
He said he would be sharing the prize with his two children.
"For the kids, this will pretty much pay out their mortgages. For me, I’ll be going down to the MotoGP and a few bike races in Victoria – something I’ve wanted to do for a while," the man said.
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning 24-game QuickPick entry at Belvedere Newsagency, Cooroy.
Belvedere Newsagency owner Carol Christiansen said her outlet’s latest Gold Lotto win came just six months after the last one.
"In October last year we sold a division one winning entry - it was our first one in 25 years. Now we’ve had another one. We just need a third one now," she said.
The six winning numbers in draw 3825 on Saturday were 35, 33, 41, 26, 38 and 32, while the supplementary numbers were 45 and 27.
Across Australia, there were six division one winning entries – two from Queensland and Victoria, and one from Queensland and Western Australia.
