“I’m normally in bed by the time you can check your tickets on MyLotto, so I always take a screenshot and check it while watching the live draw.”
She said she quickly realised she had won Lotto First Division, but not wanting to get ahead of herself, assumed it had been shared by multiple winners.
“I told myself that a few people had won and that I’d maybe won $300k … which would still obviously have been amazing.”
“I waited up past my usual bedtime to check how much I had won [on MyLotto].”
“When I saw I was the only winner, I went into shock. A million dollars is just incredible … it’s life-changing for me,” she said.
She had been experiencing a mixed bag of emotions since her win.
“One minute it feels quite overwhelming, and I have a thousand things running through my mind, and the next I feel an immense sense of relief and am really excited for my future.”
The woman celebrated with a glass of bubbles as she thought about what she might do with her winnings.
“I want to ensure I am set up for the future, and once that is sorted, I hope to be able to help some of the people closest to me.”
Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is $26m and if won by a single person, will be the largest Powerball prize won since August.
