I received the lottery however was so sleepy I didn’t realise it was the jackpot – I cried once I discovered

AN astonished girl believed she was dreaming when she scooped a jackpot lottery win of £269,000.

The unnamed Australian girl initially thought she had received solely £269 within the Easter draw earlier than waking as much as tearfully uncover it was 1000 instances higher than that.

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Describing her amazement, the lady stated: “At first, I believed I’d received over AUD 500 [£269], however then I wiped my eyes as I used to be nonetheless sleepy and noticed it was much more.

“I can’t consider it. I had just a little cry.”

The long-term lottery participant, who hails from a suburb of Melbourne known as Field Hill, received an unbelievable whole of whole of £312,969.71.

TattsLotto launched a press release in the present day saying: “Whereas many had been in search of chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday, a Field Hill girl was gazing with disbelief at her TattsLotto entry, struggling to consider she was a division one winner.

“The Victorian held one of many 9 division one successful entries in TattsLotto draw 4353, drawn Saturday eighth April 2023.”

The fortunate punter admits she had a sense all alongside that will be a lottery winner.

“I’ve been taking part in for a very long time. It’s only a pastime of mine, however behind my thoughts, I’ve at all times thought I’d win it in the future.

“And my numbers have lastly come out!”

Nonetheless, it wasn’t all utterly all the way down to luck. “A few of the numbers I’ve been utilizing are particular, however for others, I simply trusted my intuition and picked them.

The over the moon winner is planning to spend the cash properly and take care of her household.

“It’s come on the proper time. Now I can repay the home and my household shall be set. I’d even purchase a brand new automobile,” she says.

“I’m so pleased about it. I hold checking the ticket with my household. It is a nice present.”

Elsewhere, a lottery winner who won £7.5 million has advised of how he misplaced all of it in a messy divorce.

Roy Gibney struck fortunate in 1998 and blew the money on a sprawling six-bedroom mansion set on 25 acres, which got here with its personal fishing lake.

In the meantime, one other couple managed to miss out on a £8.5 million lottery win for a heart-breaking motive, however it wasn’t all misplaced.