Sunshine Coast man wins $50 million Lotto jackpot

A Sunshine Coast man has swapped his morning cereal for champagne to celebrate his “mind-altering” $50 million win in Tuesday night’s Oz Lotto draw. Here’s how the multi-millionaire blames to spend his fortune.

Landsborough, Sunshine Coast, man wins $50 million Lotto. Picture - contributed.

A Sunshine Coast man has swapped his morning cereal for champagne to celebrate his “mind-altering” $50 million win in Tuesday night’s Oz Lotto draw.

The Sunshine Coast winner held the only division one winning entry nationally in Oz Lotto on Tuesday, April 9. They took home the entire $50 million jackpot.

While officials from The Lott attempted to reach out to the new multi-millionaire Tuesday night, the winner didn’t discover his good fortune until Wednesday morning when he saw multiple missed calls.

“I’m sort of in shock. Is that true?,” the winner laughed.

“Oh my god! It’s not big, mate. It’s mind-blowing,” he said.

“I’m shaking.

“I slept peacefully last night as I’d left my phone in another room. I had no idea until I saw all the missed calls this morning. I thought, ‘that’s unusual’. Then I heard the voicemail and thought, ‘this is getting weird’.

“I’ve gone through the ticket 15 times! S--t!

“This is mind-altering. It means I can resign from work – that’ll be it!

“When my bank manager asked me years ago what my retirement plans, I said, ‘to win the lottery’. He just laughed at me. Well, I have!

“Another thing will be paying off the mortgage. That’s the very first thing. For the first time, I’m going to own my house outright.

“I don’t know how to feel. You made my day, made my life.

“I know it’s only early morning, but I think we’ll pop some champagne to celebrate.”

So far this year, there have been four Oz Lotto division one wins across Australia that have collectively taken home $90 million in prize money – with two wins each in Queensland and New South Wales.