Woman uses family birthday numbers, wins AU$1m jackpot

• Six fortunate winners across Australia hit a division one winning entries from Saturday Gold Lotto's draw on October 4, 2025
• Each division one winning entry will benefit from AU$$1,033,022.26
• One fortunate woman who scored the life-changing jackpot from the popular game nearly missed the big prize after thinking of removing one of the numbers she had been using for years

An incredibly lucky woman, who has been using family birthdays as lottery numbers for years, was pleasantly surprised by a million-dollar prize.

On Tuesday, The Lott uncovered details regarding the fortunate Queensland winner, who scored a sweet AU$1m ($658,200) prize from Saturday Gold Lotto.

Saturday Gold Lotto draw produces six division one entries, each entry is entitled to AU$1m

The Cairns woman holds one out of a total of six division one winning entries from Saturday Gold Lotto's drawing on Saturday, October 4, 2025.

The winning numbers from that drawing were 42, 3, 32, 10, 2, 16 and supplementary numbers were 35 and 11.

Each division one winning entry from Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4613 is looking forward to a life-changing AU$1,033,022.26 ($679,800) prize.

The Cairns woman purchased her winning ticket at Nextra Redlynch Central Newsagency, Shop T21, Redlynch Central Shopping Centre located at 7-15 Larsen Road in Redlynch.

Besides the entry of the Far North Queenslander, there is another entry from Queensland, one from New South Wales and a total of three entries from Western Australia.

As one of the popular lottery games in Australia, Saturday Gold Lotto helped make 165 people millionaires across the country in FY25.

On the other hand, the division one winning number for 2025 is so far 323.

Family birthday numbers brought the hefty win

The winner was contacted via phone by an official from The Lott on Monday.

Answering her phone, the lucky woman said: "I only found out at 6 am this morning when I checked my ticket! I didn’t believe it, so I had to phone my daughter and get her to check it. I still couldn’t believe it!"

The woman said that the numbers that brought her the big win were family birthdays.

"I’ve been playing these numbers for four or five years. They’re mainly family birthdays," she said.

However, there was a chance for her to miss the division one winning entry, as recently, she considered removing one of the numbers. "I'm glad I didn't," the winner added.

The Cairns woman spoke with excitement about the million-dollar prize, saying the windfall will "certainly help big time."

Focusing on her plans about her newfound fortune, the winner said she would consider buying a caravan and going on a trip across the country. Once she's back home, she says she will buy champagne and celebrate.

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