Lottery player feels lucky, buys ticket and wins AU$1.1m jackpot

• Nine players scored division one prizes from Saturday Lotto's latest drawing
• One of the players, a Port Macquarie man, admitted to feeling lucky before purchasing the ticket
• The fortunate man and his wife now plan their retirement and paying off their mortgage

A man who admitted to feeling lucky and gave a lottery ticket a try won a million-dollar prize.

That’s the story of one Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia player who was among nearly a dozen players who won big from Saturday Lotto.

Nine players score AU$1.1m from Saturday Lotto

The fortunate Mid North Coast resident purchased his 36-game QuickPick entry from Settlement City Newsagency and Post at Car Bay Street and Park Street in Port Macquarie.

He decided to enter Saturday Lotto’s draw 4727 on Saturday, November 7, 2026.

Interestingly, the man was among nine players to score division one prizes for a whopping million-dollar payday.

Each of the nine division one winning players is entitled to a sweet AU$1,111,111.12($770,000) prize.

The owners of the news agency that sold the winning entry to the Port Macquarie man admitted that this marks the third major prize they have sold so far.

"Believe it or not, we sold a division one winning entry on the very first day we took over the store back in 2021! It felt like a sign we were in the right place," owners Bhavna and Nikhil Jotsinghani revealed in an interview for The Lott.

"I’m feeling lucky today"

The incredibly fortunate player realized that he won on Sunday.

Interestingly, he was in his backyard when his wife told him that an email arrived, claiming that he had won a "major prize."

"We thought it’d be something like $1,000 but lo and behold, when we checked, we saw six numbers staring at us," the fortunate man said, recalling the moment of the life-changing win.

Not unexpectedly, the lucky player said that he didn’t get much sleep on Sunday night as he was thinking about the things he and his wife will accomplish with the lottery windfall.

Recalling the moment when he decided to play, the Port Macquarie man said: "The funniest thing about it is, I don’t play every week, but I was walking past and I thought, ‘I’m feeling lucky today!’."

With the thought of the million-dollar prize sinking in, the man admitted that he is now feeling relaxed.

"My wife’s all over the place. She can’t believe I’m so calm," the player added.

Asked about their plans for the newfound fortune, the man admitted that he and his wife will be able to pay off their mortgage and plan their retirement.

Finally, the winner said that he still can’t believe what fortune has come his way, describing the feeling of winning the top prize from Saturday Lotto as surreal.

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