Saturday Lotto winner gets $1.5 million reminder

A Kalgoorlie man who won $1.5 million on last weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw is grateful his partner sent him a timely reminder on the day of the draw.

“I’ve been playing the same numbers for 27 years and I would not have wanted to miss this draw,” he said.

“I’d been helping a friend with a job that afternoon and it would have been easy to miss the shops.”

Thanks to the message “Honey, don’t forget Lotto” sent with a smiley face and blue hearts, he was just in time to fill out his favourite Playslip.

“Some of the lines are birthdays, others are just numbers that I chose randomly and kept playing,” he said.

Buying The Sunday Times and checking the Saturday Lotto winning numbers has been a ritual for the couple since they got together 15 years ago.

“I thought it must have been a mistake, so I went to the nearest shop to check,” he said.

“Kalgoorlie has been really good to both of us, I moved there when I was a young fella and we met there when we worked together, I don’t feel like I would have won anywhere else.”

The couple in their 50s recently embarked on a year-long caravan holiday and will now expand their travels.

“We will throw in a trip to New Zealand now, then when we finish this trip, I’d like to start my own business,” he said.

Lotterywest spokesperson Jennie Fitzhardinge said it was thanks to regular players like this couple that Lotterywest can support regional communities.

“Hearing how important Kalgoorlie has been to this winning couple, it is good to know that we can support regional communities through grants such as $74,000 towards the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Christmas Street Party and 2027 Multicultural Festival,” Ms Fitzhardinge said.

“This weekend's $20 million Superdraw on Saturday is another chance to play and support Lotterywest’s community grants program.”

Tickets are available instore, online and in the Lotteywest App until 6pm Saturday.

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