The winner of a $100 million lottery ticket has credited her good fortune to help from the other side.
“Bloody hell! Is this my cousin pranking me?” the incredulous winner reportedly said after picking up a call from Powerball operator The Lott.
“My cousin is pranking me!”
The woman from the NSW Northern Rivers town of Ballina, who had bought her lottery entry online, was the only person in Australia to get a division one win – getting all seven numbers, plus the Powerball number correct – on Thursday night.
“We recently had a death in the family, and I think it’s a sign from them; they’re so looking after me!” she said.
“We’ve had signs all day from them; things moving, cans moving, bags waving in the wind.”
The winner said she would pay off her mortgage and help others out.
“This will help a lot of people. Not just me but lots of family members,” she said.
She added that she would be “celebrating with breakfast in bed tomorrow – scrambled eggs and bacon for me!”.
Her $100 million jackpot makes the woman Australia’s third-biggest lottery winner.
She paid $18.90 for the 12-game QuickPick entry.
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good on you,enjoy.
Good luck to her but I wish my departed could send l just a little to me and other needy
Congratulations to the winner well done xx
Congratulations 👏👏🎉 and good on you. Enjoy.
Congratulations to the lucky winner 🏅 I’m sure I have a cousin in Ballina lol 😜. Breakfast in bed sounds like a humble beginning to her new life. I wish her every happiness with her new found wealth and that she enjoys helping out family and friends.
Congrats winner but really don't you think that it would be great if that $100 mil was shared between 10 people or 20 people !! sharing it around !! That would make a lot of other people happy !!
That's wonderful, another humble winner, love that. God blessed her x So happy for her 💕🤩💕
I am thrilled to read that this lucky lady will be sharing her good fortune. It’s just fabulous!
Fabulous, you've got to be in it to win it. Enjoy it and make it last. Don't do what so many big winners have done and tell everyone then help so many people out and end up broke yourself. And be careful where you invest the money; so many greedy sharks out there who'll be after your winnings to invest for you. Make sure where you put the money is 100% rock solid safe and don't go crazy buying ''stuff''you don't actually need. Good luck!
Well done! That’s life changing for sure! Congratulations!
What a wonderful day and congratulations
Congratulations. Enjoy. It is every ones dream, to be win a large amount of money and be able to help Family out. Also enjoy ones dream holiday.
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