"[I was in] disbelief. I shouted 'I've got the lot!' then ran and got my wife to make sure I hadn't stuffed something up. She was as shocked as I was, we both just stood looking at the winning ticket absolutely stunned. Not a lot was said to be honest," he said.
The ticket had been sold at the Sunnyside Foodmarket on Station Rd. Owner Ketan Patel told the Advocate on Thursday that it was mainly regular locals who stopped at the store but the winner of the $5.5m said he did not usually stop at the Kamo shop.
"I usually pick up my ticket from a store near my house, but for some reason I stopped at Sunnyside Foodmarket on my way home from work and bought my ticket there this time. It certainly paid off," he said.
The man said he was a regular Lotto player and had won small amounts here and there but "nothing like this".
"We feel very lucky. We don't want to rush into anything, so are planning on investing most of it for a year or so. But it's definitely going to make life a bit easier," he said.
"I'll be retiring early now, that's for sure. Other than that, we'll be able to pay off the mortgage and help the kids out. We might even go on a holiday next year, which we haven't done in quite a while."
