The suburbs where the most Lotto winners bought their tickets and scooped MILLIONS – so is your town lucky?
- Australian lotto winners took home a cool $1.62billion over last financial year
- Punters enjoyed helicopter pub crawls and overseas trips from their good luck
- Victoria topped the lot nabbing most division-one wins worth $467million
- NSW and ACT were not too far behind with $464.8million of spoils picked up
- Frankston in Victoria and certain Perth suburbs in WA stood out as winners
- It comes as Saturday’s $30million Megadraw entices more to enter the lottery
Lotto winners picked up more than $1.5billion over the last financial year, as Victorian postcodes again accounted for the most division one wins in the country.
Lucky punters said they would snap up their ‘first-ever overseas trip’, while others said they would enjoy a Northern Territory pub crawl via helicopter.
Winners across the country took home $1.62billion in division-one winnings – the highest prize up for grabs – with one millionaire being created each day.
Victoria nabbed the most division-one wins with 153 in the state for a total of $467million in prizes – the sixth year in a row the state held the number one spot
The Victorian suburb of Frankston, south-east of Melbourne’s CBD, had four division-one entries (pictured, a Frankston newsagency)
All states and territories got in on the good fortune over the year, with 532 division-one wins – but one state saw more luck than others.
Victoria nabbed the most division-one wins with 153 worth a cool $467million – the sixth year in a row the state has held the number one spot.
The suburb of Frankston, 40km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD, sold four division-one entries with winners sharing in a total of $4.6million.
Five winners from Western Australia’s 6163 postcode including Perth suburbs such as Bibra Lake and O’Connor nabbed $4.3million between them, with one winner scoring $2million.
NSW and the ACT raked in $464.8million across the year, with 141 division-one prizewinners, as well as the most new millionaires with 109 winners now claiming the status.
James Eddy from The Lott said the geographic break-down of winners affects where many players buy their tickets, with some deliberately picking outlets where recent major prizes were sold.
‘[But] other players choose different outlets, believing good fortune awaits for them elsewhere,’ Mr Eddy said. ‘It’s important to remember that a division-one win can land anywhere.’
Other notable locations for winners included Port Macquarie on NSW’s mid-north coast – where three winning division-one entries resided.
Bundaberg and Mackay in central Queensland also notched three division-one winners each.
The statistics comes as Lotto’s $30million Megadraw kicks off this Saturday.
Winners in NSW and the ACT combined raked in $464.8million across the year, with 141 division-one prizewinners. The region also made the most new millionaires, with 109 bagging impressive windfalls
Last year’s windfall statistics come as Lotto’s $30million Megadraw kicks off on Saturday
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