AFTER five days, a NSW Lotteries player has come forward to claim the $1.3m prize from Saturday Lotto $20 Million Superdraw that was won with an entry bought from Muswellbrook’s Southside Newsagency.
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The 36-game QuickPick entry won Muswellbrook’s newest millionaire a division one prize of $1,333,333.34.
But, just who exactly landed the windfall will remain a mystery, as the winner has spoken to NSW Lotteries in secret to claim their cash bonanza.
NSW Lotteries spokesperson Matt Hart said while all Saturday Lotto customers dreamt of becoming an overnight millionaire, the winning Muswellbrook ticket had made that dream a reality for another player this week.
“We speak with winners every day and while most winners dream of winning big, many don’t ever expect it will happen to them,” he said.
“In fact since July 1 this year, there have already been 77 division one winning entries purchased by NSW Lotteries customers - that’s a lot of winning smiles on the faces of players.”
The division one winning entry was purchased from Southside Newsagency in Maitland Road.
Southside Newsagency owner Pankaj Monga said the store was excited that it had sold a division one winning ticket.
“Congratulations to the winner! It’s great that our missing millionaire has come forward to claim their prize,” he said.
“We’ve been really busy this week with a lot of people coming into the store to check their tickets because they had heard that we’d sold a division one winning entry.”
NSW Lotteries reminds players of the importance of registering their tickets to a Players Club Card so all of their prizes are secure and they can be contacted directly with the good news of a big win.
