West Aussies are being urged to check their Lotto tickets after one lucky resident became an instant millionaire in Wednesday night’s draw.
Australia’s only division one-winning ticket was bought from Heights Lottery Centre and News in Alexander Heights.
Lotterywest spokesperson James Mooney said this was WA’s tenth division one win for the year.
“These ten division one prizes are now worth a collective $10 million,” he said.
“This is also the second major win for a ticket sold in the City of Wanneroo in as many weeks, so if you bought a ticket in Perth’s north, you better check it.
“The special thing about Lotterywest is along with our prize winners, all available profits return to the WA community in the form of grants.
“This includes a recent $99,000 grant to Uni Camp for Kids that’s supporting two camps for disadvantaged and at-risk children from the Wanneroo area.”
Just last week a Perth couple won $1 million in Monday night’s Lotto after forgetting they had even bought a ticket in the draw.
The new millionaires — who don’t usually play Monday Lotto — said they couldn’t sleep after discovering their new fortune.
“I don’t know what prompted me to buy a Monday ticket, I never do, but what a great decision,” the winner said.
“We tried to go for dinner to celebrate but we could barely eat, barely drink and can hardly sleep.”