“Me and a few of the other blokes at work have been playing these same numbers for years.
“Everyone is so happy. There were a lot of great phone calls yesterday afternoon.
“None of them believed me straight off and one we had to pick up off the floor.”
The syndicate leader said he was not sure what he would do with his share of the winnings.
“There a lot of things going on in my life at the moment so it will certainly be put to good use,” he said.
“I don’t think I’ll worry too much about giving up work – when we were chatting about it yesterday afternoon most of us said we are going to keep working.“We enjoy our work and we’ve got a good bunch of workmates so why wouldn’t we?”
Sanctuary Lakes Lucky Lotto owner Aubrey Matthee said he was thrilled that his outlet had sold a division one winning entry.
“We are over the moon,” he said.
“Not only did our store sell a division one winning entry but we were the only one to do so on Saturday.
“We’ll be telling all of our customers about the news as well as decorating the store to create even more excitement.
“Our customers are always joking that we’ll sell the next division one winning entry and now it has finally happened.”
