A late-night phone call from lottery officials left one Elizabeth Hills woman wide-eyed in disbelief as she struggled to grasp the reality of her staggering $100 million win in tonight’s Oz Lotto draw.
The New South Wales resident held the only division one winning entry nationally in Oz Lotto draw 1616, drawn Tuesday 4 February 2025 and can look forward to an eye-watering $100 million.
The western Sydney woman has instantly become Oz Lotto’s biggest individual lottery winner in Australian history.
In addition to the $100 million division one winner, there were 1,881,633 wins across divisions two to seven in tonight’s Oz Lotto draw that collectively took home more than $42 million in prize money. There were also 26 division two winners who each scored $59,597.70.
“Who is this? Why are you calling this late?” she questioned when an official from The Lott reached out to the winning woman straight after the draw.
“What the hell! Can you repeat that? Oh my god! Don’t lie to me!
“You better not be pranking me! I don’t know whether to believe you or not.
“Internally, I’m sweating bullets! Are you sure this is real? Oh my gosh. I still can’t believe it.
“That’s crazy! I just finished watching tonight’s episode of Married at First Sight, and I was falling asleep as you called me.
“It’s 10pm here and when I saw multiple missed calls, I thought, ‘Who would be calling me at this time?’ I was worried something was wrong!
“Oh my gosh. I still can’t believe it. I only treat myself to lotteries when there’s a big jackpot, and I saw $100 million on offer in Oz Lotto and decided to give it a go.
“I still feel like I’m being pranked or I’m dreaming.”
With $100 million set to change her life forever, the stunned winner shared the multi-million-dollar windfall would signal the end of her workdays for good, and would allow her to buy a house of her own.
“I love my job, but I won’t need to work seven days a week anymore. It’s actually really nice to think that I won’t need to work!” she exclaimed.
“I’ll finally be able to buy a place of my own. It’s so exciting.
“I’ll start treating myself more. I’ll go on some holidays!
“Thank you so much. I probably won’t sleep tonight. I’ll have to check again in the morning to make sure I’m not dreaming!”
Her winning 50-game QuickPick entry was purchased on The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto draw 1616 on Tuesday 4 February 2025 were 3, 34, 35, 26, 44, 39 and 36, while the supplementary numbers were 5, 45 and 6.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1616 – in New South Wales.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 305 so far in FY25, including 80 won by NSW Lotteries customers.
In FY24, 16 Oz Lotto division one wins across Australia collectively took home more than $323 million.
During this time, Oz Lotto offered a $90 million jackpot – the second biggest in the game’s 31-year history – which was shared by three New South Wales winners.
Of the 16 Oz Lotto division one winning entries in FY24, 10 landed in New South Wales, three in Queensland, and one each Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
