A Sydney mum is going to pay off her mortgage and make sure her children “grow up to be safe and happy” after she won $2 million in the lottery.
The Leppington woman won after she checked a lotto ticket that had been stuck on her fridge door for the Saturday Lotto division 15 drawn on June 24.
The mum said she would pay off her house so she could focus on getting her children set up and “giving them opportunities”.
“I just want our children to grow up safe and happy and this just puts everything into perspective,” she told The Lott.
“For us being able to pay off the mortgage is huge.
“I just can’t picture that we can just pay off the mortgage.
“It would have taken us such a long time. It will be such a relief.”
The mother said she was going to the shops and thought she’d better check the ticket because it “had been a while”.
“When they scanned it, they just said I needed to call The Lott as soon as possible,” the woman said.
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“I haven’t stopped sweating. I’m just going around my house thinking, ‘What do I do, what do I do.'”
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Owners of Leppington Newsagency, Pradeep and Mini Ahluwalia, said they were thrilled about their customer’s win.
“In the past two years, we have sold five division one or major jackpot prizes,” they said.
“We hope this trend will continue for all our loyal customers.”
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4375 on June 24 were 4, 30, 21, 37, 29 and 8, while the supplementary numbers were 45 and 38.
There were 15 division one winning entries – six from Queensland and NSW, two from Victoria and one from Western Australia.
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