With a $2 million Saturday Gold Lotto win about to land in their pockets, a Trinity Park couple is ready to turn every day into a holiday — embracing retirement with sun-soaked adventures.
 
The Cairns residents held one of the 10 division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Gold Lotto draw, drawn Saturday 26 October 2024 and look forward to a total prize of $2 million.
 
The winning husband revealed he planned to wait until Sunday to check his Gold Lotto ticket, but a strong hunch led him to check it right after the draw.
 
“So exciting! Woo-hoo” he laughed.
 
“I am in shock. A lot of shock.
 
“I wasn’t going to check the ticket until Sunday, which is normally what I do. But I had a feeling to check it straight after the draw. After I checked the ticket, we couldn’t sleep a wink!
 
“I normally just do a QuickPick entry and I guess these are my lucky numbers now!

“My wife and I have just entered retirement, so this has come at the most perfect time.

“We will be able to use this prize to boost our retirement plans. Maybe we’ll go on a few holidays!

“Thank you!”
 
Their winning 36-game QuickPick was purchased at TSG DFO Cairns, Shop 305  DFO Cairns, 274 Mulgrave Road, Cairns.
 
TSG DFO Cairns manager Kelly Moran said she was so excited to learn that her store sold another division one winning entry.
 
“This is our third division one winnning entry in three years and we’re so happy to continue the winning streak!” she said.
 
“We’ve started to decorate the store with balloons and we’re letting all of our customers know about the exciting win.

“A huge congratulations to our winning couple. We wish them all the very best with their prize. We can’t imagine what $2 million would allow them to do!”