$2 Million Lotto Win Brings Life-Changing Moment For Mackay Couple

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A Mackay couple are celebrating a life-changing windfall after a spontaneous decision to buy a last-minute lottery ticket turned into a $2 million prize over the weekend.

The North Queensland pair held one of the five division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4677, drawn on Saturday 16th May. Each division one winning entry pocketed $2 million.

Despite having known about their multi-million-dollar windfall for several days, the couple said the news was still sinking in.

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“We’ve been patiently waiting for this phone call since Saturday!” the winning wife laughed.

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“It’s absolutely life-changing! We’re pretty excited.

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“Around 6pm on Saturday night we saw that $10 million was on offer in the draw and we decided to put on a last-minute ticket.

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“Then hubby frantically came in around 9pm on Saturday night with the The Lott app open and said, ‘Is this true? Did we win $2 million?’.

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“It’s come at the most perfect time. We were going through a bit, and we were worried for our family.

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“We can now pay off the mortgage, complete home renovations and go on an overseas holiday!

“We’re keen to go to Scotland and do a trip around Australia.

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“There will definitely be some celebrations tonight.

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“Thank you! Thank you!”

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The winning numbers in Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4677 were 32, 10, 3, 39, 33 and 23, while the supplementary numbers were 42 and 37.

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Across Australia, there were five division one winning entries in the draw, with three in Queensland and one each in New South Wales and Western Australia.

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In 2025, more than 121.6 million winners took home more than $3.93 billion in prize money.
 
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.66 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.  As part of its commitment to supporting the community, The Lott proudly supports Play For Purpose, the not-for-profit charity raffle that gives Australians the chance to win while helping more than 500 causes across the country.

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