Woman credits bizarre Facebook post for $4.2m lotto win

News.com.au

29-07-2025

A woman who won $4.2m in Saturday's lotto draw has credited a bizarre Facebook post for her enormous windfall.
The Wellington woman held one of seven division one winning entries in Saturday night's draw, claiming a whopping $4,285,714.29.
The winning numbers in the draw were 17, 23, 40, 42, 44 and 2, while the supplementary numbers were 27 and 39.
Speaking to The Lott, the woman said she was scrolling on Facebook when she saw a video that offered an unusual omen about her finances.
'F***ing hell! Wow. I'm glad you warned me to sit down!' she said.
'I'm ecstatic. Oh my god. I can't believe this.
'It's funny, I had a thing on Facebook that said, 'If you watch this until the end, a large sum of money will come your way'.
'I didn't really think anything of it, and here we are!'
She said her winnings would help her pay off her car and mortgage, leaving her 'completely debt-free'.
This isn't the first time she's won at the lotto, but it's the largest sum to date.
'I've played for decades, since I was 18!' she said.
'I once won $400, but that seems like nothing compared to this.'
Another of Saturday's division one wins went to a group of friends from southwestern Sydney.
The four mates, who have been friends for three decades, entered as a private syndicate and have won $1,071,428.57 each.
The syndicate leader said the four mates would 'help all our families'.
'It's a group of us that won,' he said.
'We've been friends for over 30 years. It'll be split four ways.
'It's funny thinking about how we used to hang out together and play together, and now we've won this together.'