Saturday draw creates a Morley millionaire
A Morley ticketholder had more than a million reasons to celebrate over the weekend after scooping up the division one win in Saturday's lotto draw.
The winning slip was nabbed from The Lucky Charm Morley, with the winner being one of four Aussies that became $1,629,922 richer from the division one prize - the other tickets came from Victoria and two in Queensland.
WA had a further 11 winners from the division two draw, each taking home a handy $13,577.
The luck continued with 168 sandgropers pocketing $960 from the division three prize.
The all-important numbers were 39, 41, 44, 32, 21, 34 and the supplementary numbers were 22 and 16.
'We look forward to welcoming this ticketholder into Lotterywest's Winner's Room to celebrate their $1.6 million prize,' Lotterywest spokesperson Zoe Wender said.
'Since the start of 2025, WA has celebrated a total of 29 Saturday Lotto Division One wins.
'Thanks to Saturday Lotto players, more than $55 million has been raised this year from tickets purchased, which is supporting the WA community through Lotterywest's grants program.'
Fortune for WA players has been on a high lately, following a pair of Perth men enjoying $1 million wins from the Friday Millionaire Medley draw.
With a last minute Slikpik purchase paying off big time, the WA local 'couldn't believe' his win.
This week Millionaire Medley's Double Win Day will give punters a chance to double their division two to six winnings by playing on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.
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