Mareeba man thinking of purchasing a yacht after winning $1 million lottery prize

A Mareeba man dreaming of owning his very own yacht can now look forward to boat shopping on the Easter long weekend after reeling a million-dollar win in last night’s Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw.

The Far North Queenslander held one of the two division one winning entries in Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 4275, drawn Wednesday 5 April 2023, and took home $1 million.

The winning entry was not registered to a player card, which means officials from The Lott had no way of notifying the winner of their life-changing win and had to wait for them to check their ticket.

The regular player received the shock of a lifetime when he walked into his local news agency to check his lottery tickets and walked out as a newly-minted millionaire.

“I feel numb!” he laughed.

“What an ecstatic feeling! I’ve been playing for nearly six decades and have been visiting Nextra Mareeba News for quite some time now.

“I went to check my Monday & Wednesday Lotto ticket from last night, and the team member pulled me aside to check my winning numbers off one by one.

“I will keep it on the down-low and process the win in private.

“I’m not entirely sure what I’ll exactly do with the prize, but it would be a dream to buy a yacht and p*** off! “Thank you so much!”