A Taree man’s trip to the bathroom was completely turned on its head in the best way possible after checking his tickets and realising he had scored more than $4.6 million in the recent Powerball draw.
 
The New South Wales resident scored the only division one winning entry nationally in Powerball draw 1476 drawn Thursday 29 August and pocketed $4,681,528.85.
 
After missing multiple winning phone calls from us, the winning man was completely oblivious to his win before finally checking his ticket over the weekend.
 
“I was actually sitting on the toilet when I checked my ticket!” he laughed.
 
“What a way to realise I’m a multi-millionaire now.

“I just went, ‘Holy s***! This can’t be right!’.

“I showed my wife and we started googling the numbers to see if it was really true.

“It’s come at the most amazing time.”
 
With more than $4.6 million about to boost his bank account this coming month, the generous man already knew what he’d like to do.
 
“I’ve got a good mate that I’m going to help out. We’ve both been through some really tough times together,” he revealed.
 
“I’ll be seeing him later in the week so I can’t wait to tell him.
 
“Thank you so much. This is life-changing.”
 
The 8-game QuickPick entry was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.