Oz Lotto jackpot skyrockets to life-changing $70m
A ticket in this week's Oz Lotto draw could mean a $70 million jackpot win, and your life changed forever.
It is the second-biggest prize offered by any lottery game in the country this year, and the fourth largest in the history of Oz Lotto.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Oz Lotto jackpot hits $70m.
A similar jackpot was won earlier this year by a 15-share syndicate in Queensland, with each taking home a $4.7 million slice.
'We're expecting one in five Australian adults to have an entry into this jackpot draw,' Oz Lotto said.
'To beat the rush, we recommend securing your ticket as soon as possible at any licensed lottery outlet,
online
, or via The Lott mobile app.
'Time will tell if any winning Aussies will be receiving a multimillion-dollar call from us, or if the jackpot continues to climb.'
Entries close at 7.30pm AEST on Tuesday.
The draw will happen live on Channel 7 about 8.30pm AEST.
'We'll be eagerly watching the draw live ... ready to make any potential winning calls,' Oz Lotto said.
A
NSW
father going through a 'rough trot'
won a $30 million jackpot prize through Powerball last month
.
He purchased the ticket from a newsagency in Aberdare, a town about 45 minutes west of
Newcastle
, and it had been pinned to his fridge until he got the life-changing call about his win.
His response? 'Holy s***! Bless you, man! Bless you!'
'I just had this ticket on the fridge. I was looking at it this afternoon and thought, wouldn't it be lovely to win.
'The ticket was there with all the bills.
'There will be no more worrying about bills now. I don't care if I get a bill now.'
The winner said he already had some ideas about how he planned to spend his newfound fortune.
'For a start, I'll look at buying a new house and looking after the family,' he said.
'Then, I'll take it from there.'
Meanwhile, a
Perth
woman last month revealed she'd
dodged calls from Lotterywest, thinking they were calls from a charity.
The 59-year-old woman won a $2.3 million prize and celebrated with a $7 bottle of champagne and a trip to Bali.
'I go in (a syndicate) every week with my cousin, we have a small system, so it costs us $5 a week,' the woman said.
'We've been doing it for 20 years, we definitely haven't broken even.
'I saw there was a $30 million super draw so I thought I'll get a Slikpik (by myself) and then we went away for Christmas.
'We went up to Lancelin with a whole lot of family and I kept getting these missed calls, and I thought 'bloody Greenpeace', because I signed a petition and they ring you up and follow up.'
It wasn't until she returned home and checked her emails that she realised the reason for the calls.
'I saw something from Lotterywest and it said you need to contact us about a prize,' said.
Despite being offered financial advice by Lotterywest, the woman had already mapped out a plan for the cash.
The couple bought their sister out of their shared investment property and loaded up their superannuation before turning their attention to their four children.
The woman generously gifted her children a wad of cash, with some conditions attached.
'They got $100,000 for a mortgage, and they got $20,000 fun money,' she said.
The couple have been enjoying the money after the win, remodelling the kitchen on their home, splashing on a 'dream car' 300 series LandCruiser and going on surfing trips to Bali.
'It hasn't changed my life hugely, it's just made a better balance of everything,' the woman said.
'We've still got the same friends, we still do the same stuff, it's not like we're all driving flash cars or fine dining.'
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