Two Australian mates become millionaires after they accidentally bought identical winning tickets

‘Greatest stuff-up in the world’: Two Australian mates become millionaires after they accidentally bought identical winning lottery tickets

  • The two colleagues, from Goolwa, had been buying lottery tickets for years 
  • Both pocketed $1.67million after winning the prize on Saturday’s X Lotto draw
  • The pair have now said they are planning to quit their jobs and retire together

Two friends from Australia have made ‘the greatest stuff-up in the world’ after accidentally buying identical lottery tickets that ended up winning. 

The colleagues, from Goolwa, south of Adelaide, had been taking turns at entering the lottery for years, but had both forgotten whose go it was and ending up both buying a ticket with the same numbers. 

They both pocketed $1.67million after winning the division one prize on Saturday’s X Lotto draw.

The pair said they are planning to quit their jobs and retire together. Their winning numbers – that they picked every week – were 12, 21, 10, 2, 1 and 42

‘My mate thought it was his turn last week, but it was actually mine and I’d already put it on,’ one of the anonymous winners told 9 News. 

‘It’s incredible that the week we both end up with a ticket, thanks to a mistake, is the week our numbers are drawn.

‘And if you knew the two of us, the more likely scenario is that the week our numbers are pulled out of the barrel is the week we’d both forget to buy a ticket.’

The pair said they are planning to quit their jobs and retire together. Their winning numbers – that they picked every week – were 12, 21, 10, 2, 1 and 42. 

The other winner said: ‘This is the greatest stuff up in the world.’

‘It was a good week to mess up, wasn’t it? My mate called me at the crack of dawn saying ‘I’ve got some news for you.’

‘I thought he was lying of course when he said we’d won division one. Then I told him ‘well, I’ve got some even better news for you. I put the Lotto on as well, thinking it was my week.

‘We were both just flabbergasted to be honest with you. It’s absolutely surreal.’

On Saturday, 12 winners took home the division one prize in the draw. 

Meanwhile, another South Australian lottery player may not realise they are a new millionaire after Wednesday’s X Lotto draw.

A customer at Munno Para Newsagency near Adelaide bought the winning ticket, but did not register it.

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