Student uses $1million lotto win to pay off university fees

Perth Now

5 days ago

A West Aussie engineering student celebrated in style after becoming a millionaire, thanks to winning division one in Monday's Millionaire Medley draw.
The university student in his late twenties was in disbelief when he found out that he had won a division one prize of $1,000,000.
'My heart was beating out of my chest when I realised, I had won,' he said.
In a heartwarming admission, the student claimed that he would use his winnings to pay all of his university fees, then celebrate in true student style.
'I'll be paying all my uni fees upfront and I'm taking my girlfriend out for a chicken dinner to celebrate,' he said.
The student had only been playing Lotto for around six months and purchased the winning ticket from Riverton Forum Lottery Kiosk in Parkwood.
Unusually, his winning ticket was a System 7 ticket, which cost less than $15 but covered multiple combinations of similar numbers, meaning that he took home an additional $3,250.50 on top of his $1 million Division One prize.
Lotterywest spokesperson Zoe Wender said said as System tickets cover multiple combinations of similar numbers, winning a Systems entry will usually pay multiple prizes.
'Buying a System ticket allows you to choose fewer or more numbers than are drawn, generating every possible combination for your chosen numbers,' she said.
This win is WA's second Millionaire Medley win of the month and follows after a Perth woman in her 70s came forward to claim a $4.29m slice of Saturday's $30m Megadraw jackpot earlier this week.
The next chance to win is in Thursday night's $4 million Powerball jackpot and tickets are available in-store, online and via the Lotterywest App.