A West Lakes man has confessed he was too busy watching tennis to realise he’d just scored his own grand slam of $2.4 million in the weekend’s Saturday X Lotto draw.
 
The Adelaide resident held one of the two division one winning entries nationally in Saturday X Lotto draw 4541, drawn Saturday 25 January 2025. Each division one winning entry landed $2,473,272.71.
 
Although the division one winning entry is registered with The Lott Members Club, we were unable to make contact with the winning man on the details provided to deliver the life-changing news, and had to wait for him to check his ticket and come forward.
 
The triumphant man relayed how the win came about while speaking to us.
 
“I still can’t believe it,” he said.

“We were watching the tennis while the Lotto numbers came up. I usually get up and check, but I was too engrossed in the game. 

“Then I completely forgot about them and went to bed. I checked my ticket early the next morning and lots of confetti came up.
 
“Initially I read that I’d won $2,500. I thought that was pretty good and then I went ‘hang on’. At that moment, I realised it was a lot more than that.
 
“My heart started racing and I started jumping around and yelling. All the normal stuff you’d expect to do when you win $2.5 million.
 
“I couldn’t sit down. It was a different feeling to anything else I’ve ever experienced.”
 
When asked how he planned to use his newfound bounty, the gleeful man shared he looked forward to putting it towards his house.
 
“It still hasn’t sunk in, but we do know it’ll help us do a few things,” he said.
 
“We’ll definitely be using it towards the house.”   
 
His winning marked Pick 5 entry was purchased at West Lakes Lotteries Kiosk, K11 West Lakes Shopping Centre, Brebner Drive, West Lakes.
 
West Lakes Lotteries Kiosk owner Pat Sepe said it always gives him great pleasure seeing one of his customers score a division one prize. 
 
“We were so excited! It always gives me great pleasure to see one of my customers strike it big and have their lives transformed!” he shared.

“I’ve already let the entire team know about the winning news, and we’ve been sharing the excitement with all of our customers. Our store is decorated with balloons and posters!

“Our customers will be very excited and eager to purchase tickets from us knowing that we’ve had another division one winner. 
 
“We’ve had 24 major lottery wins since opening our doors to the community, and our customers always tell us that they think we’re a lucky store.
 
“Congratulations to the winner! We have so many loyal customers that continue to support our business and it’s the greatest feeling to give back to them.”