Sydney student wins ‘amazing’ $1 million on her birthday

A young woman from Sydney said she can finally enter the property market after winning $1 million in Lotto on her birthday this week.

A student in her 20s won big on Wednesday, getting the news she landed a $1 million prize on her birthday.

The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, held one of three division one winning entries nationally in a Monday and Wednesday Lotto draw this week.

The young woman from Cabramatta, southwest Sydney, purchased the winning six-game QuickPick online.

Taking home the division one prize of a whopping $1 million, the winner said she plans to use her money to get her foot in the property market and buy her first home with her boyfriend.

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The win came as a big surprise on her birthday.

“I’ll remember this day for my entire lifetime!” she exclaimed when she got the call from an official from The Lott confirming her win.

The birthday girl revealed she hadn’t slept a wink since discovering the news the night before.

She was having dinner with her boyfriend who was joking that if he won Powerball this week he’d treat her to “the best birthday weekend ever”.

“He reminded me I should check my ticket and so I did,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw all my numbers match the winning numbers.

“I checked it again and asked him to check it. It was amazing,” she said.

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The young woman from Sydney said she would be able to start looking for a house with her boyfriend.

“It’s just amazing! It’s just so good,” she said.

The woman said she plays Lotto only “every now and then”.

“Whenever I do, I just put on a small ticket and then I spend my time daydreaming and thinking about how good it would be to win,” she said.

“I thought about how nice it would be to win on my birthday, so I bought the ticket on Monday and didn’t think much of it.”

When asked how she planned to enjoy her birthday knowing a million-dollar windfall was coming her way, the humble student said she would keep celebrations low-key.

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The winner said she doesn’t buy Lotto regularly but decided to pick up a ticket as the draw was on her birthday.

“I don’t think I’ll get up to anything too exciting,” she said.

“I still can’t really think straight! I’m supposed to go to work, but I might take the day off now.”

The thrilled winner said she would now be able to start looking for “our dream home”.

“My boyfriend and I have been thinking about buying a house, but it has always been so hard as it is so expensive,” she said.

“But now we can start looking to buy a place. We can look for our dream home. Probably only something small just for us but it will be amazing to have our own space.”