By Tanya Steele
One lucky Coldstream resident has received a welcome bump to their bank account after winning a share of $ 1 million recently in Monday and Wednesday’s Lotto draw.
The central syndicate held one of two division one winning entries in the Monday and Wednesday Lotto draw 4262, drawn Monday 26 June 2023.
Coldstream local post office and news agency owner Savier Xu was surprised and delighted when she opened her email inbox to the news.
“My husband came in for the morning and we had an email from The Lott and we learned we had sold a division one ticket, he called me straight away and we were so excited,” she said.
“We started wondering who the winner was.”
In addition to scoring the $1 million division one prize, the syndicate’s System 11 QuickPick entry also scored division two 6 times, division three 24 times, division four 150 times, division five 120 times and division six 56 times, bolstering the group’s total prize to $1,079,196.60.
This means each syndicate member will receive a share worth $107,919.76.
Ms Xu said the post office has only begun to sell lotto since August of the last year and is pleased they have sold a big win already.
“We’re really happy we have sold a division one,” she said.
Staff member Kathy said the win is great and said she was happy to have sold the winning ticket.
“We’re hoping it will continue to be lucky,” she said.
The Coldstream winner has since dropped in to see the staff but will have to process their big win with The Lott head office.
The Lott spokesperson James Eddy said some syndicate members held unregistered entries and might have yet to discover their winning news.
“This Melbourne syndicate has ensured all members finish the financial year on a high after bagging one of the two division one wins nationally,” he said.
