A Yarra Glen man could hardly wait to surprise his wife with their dreamy $2.14 million TattsLotto win, which he discovered just before going to bed last night while she was sound asleep.

The Yarra Ranges residents held one of the 14 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4535, drawn Saturday 4 January 2025. They look forward to a life-changing $2,142,888.30.

The winning husband decided to check his ticket before falling asleep last night and was left tossing and turning thinking about all the possibilities. 

“It’s so surreal,” he shared.

“We’re in a lot of shock. We can’t believe it.

“We don’t normally purchase a lot of tickets, only when the jackpot is high.

“It’s such a nice surprise for 2025.”

“He didn’t tell me about the win until this morning. He checked his ticket last night but wanted me to get some sleep, so waited to tell me,” the wife added.

“I know he didn’t get a lot of sleep though.

“Thank you very much!”

With $2.14 million on the horizon for the victorious Victorians, the winning man shared some of the prize would be distributed to their children while also used for a lavish holiday to North America.

“We’ll give some of the prize to our children. Then go on a holiday to America, Alaska and Canada,” he exclaimed.

“We’re going to wait to tell our children about the news – we might even surprise them!

“We would like to visit a financial advisor as well.”

Their winning entry was purchased at Yarra Glen Newsagency, 32 Bell Street, Yarra Glen.

Yarra Glen Newsagency owner Manthan Patel said he felt so excited to have sold another division one winning entry to a local customer. 

“We’re so happy. It was crazy to see another division one winning entry land at our outlet. Our last division one winning entry in 2018 was worth $1.8 million and now it’s over $2.1 million!” he said.

“We posted the news on our Facebook business page and it’s already at more than 10,000 likes. With the ticket being unregistered, we asked everyone to come and check their ticket with us.

“Given that Yarra Glen is a small country town, customers were queuing up to check their tickets immediately. It’s created a buzz and talk all over the town! 

“We’ve had four division one winning entries in less than six years which makes us the luckiest outlet in the region. We can’t wait to sell another division one winning entry and make more dreams come true.

“We wish our winner all the best and congratulations on your win. We hope it will bring so many more happy moments in their life!” 

The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4535 on 4 January 2025 were 33, 19, 8, 23, 10 and 31, while the supplementary numbers were 42 and 13.