Melbourne mum wins lottery on holiday

Mum wins $2.7million on the lottery – but vows to keep working so her HUSBAND can retire

  • A Melbourne mother bought a lottery ticket while she was holidaying in Cairns 
  • The woman was one of 11 winners in the $30million Megadraw on December 28
  • She questioned whether she was seeing things when she found out about it

A mother has returned from holiday $2.7million richer after she purchased a lottery ticket on a long weekend away.

The Melbourne woman was one of 11 division one winners in the Saturday Gold Lotto $30million Megadraw on December 28.

She had bought the ticket at newsXpress Cairns Central while holidaying in Far North Queensland.

A mother has returned from holiday $2.7million richer after she purchased a lottery ticket on a long weekend away (stock)

The woman questioned whether she was seeing things when she found out about her win.   

‘I can’t believe it. I can’t believe this is true,’ she said.

‘We picked up the ticket while we were on holidays. That’s the best souvenir we will ever collect!’

The woman said the first thing she and her family will do with the cash is pay off their mortgage. 

‘We will buy a new car and upgrade the upcoming holidays we already have planned and then buy a few more,’ she said.

 ‘We will definitely be celebrating with some champagne! I’ll keep working but my husband might retire.’

She had bought the ticket at newsXpress Cairns Central while holidaying in Far North Queensland

She had bought the ticket at newsXpress Cairns Central while holidaying in Far North Queensland

She was excited to be entering 2020 a millionaire.

The mother was one of five people who had purchased winning tickets in Queensland. 

The winning numbers were 39, 13, 19, 1, 37 and 31, while the supplementary numbers were 5 and 33.

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