By AIDAN KNIGHT
A MORWELL resident received an early Christmas present, scored $790,000 through a winning TattsLotto ticket.
The local woman purchased her ticket at Morwell Newsagency, as one of eight Division 1 winners.
Newsagent employee and Latrobe City Councillor, Darren Howe, said the local win was “a great story, she’s a regular customer, and has had the same numbers for about 50 years.”
When informed of her win, the woman said she “felt numb”, and that she had no idea how to spend it.
“My mind is completely blank, (…) it’s hard to think of what I’ll do. One thing for sure is I’ll have a great Christmas!”
She had only stepped out for a quick pharmacy run on the day she learned of her win, and said she would spend the afternoon letting the news sink in.
Morwell Newsagency may be the lucky lotto to go to, seeing as the Commercial Road business also had two Division 1 winners within a six-month period back in 2022.
The woman’s prize was part of TattsLotto draw 4629, held on Saturday, November 29, which produced eight Division 1 winners across Australia claiming the same cash prize.
The winning numbers were 22, 10, 17, 5, 44 and 36, with supplementary numbers 3 and 11. Six of these, including the Morwell win, came from Victorian entries.
According to The Lott, the result contributes to 396 Division 1 wins across Australia so far in 2025, with 161 of those claimed by Tatts customers.
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.66 billion via taxes and donations to hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education. The same financial year TattsLotto create 165 millionaires nationwide, with 341 Division 1 entries sharing more than $420 million in prize money.
It’s a timely boost of festive cheer for Morwell, and a Christmas the lucky winner, and her favourite newsagency, are likely to remember for years.
