One lucky West Aussie becomes instant millionaire
Despite there being three other winners in division one from elsewhere in the country, the west Aussie winner has bagged $1,691,612.55.
The winning numbers were: 13, 6, 14, 19, 4, 17 and the supplementary numbers were 11 and 1.
A whopping 113 lotto players won the division two prize; fourteen of these players were from WA and each won a relatively conservative (in lotto terms) $5,732.05.
240 people from WA won a handy $687.60 in division three.
Tonight's draw follows Tuesday's Oz Lotto eye-watering win for one player who is now $20 million richer after being the only player to bank the massive division one prize.
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