“I only wanted to get a ticket for Monday night’s draw, but I accidentally bought the 3 Play ticket, which runs all week,” she recalled in an interview with lottery officials. When the store clerk offered to cancel it, she decided against it, joking, “I’ll keep it — it might be lucky!” Little did she know, her gamble on luck would pay off in the biggest way.
The winning numbers for Weekday Windfall draw 4647 were 25, 41, 38, 29, 22 and 6, with supplementary numbers 5 and 30. When the woman checked her ticket while watching cricket in bed, she couldn’t believe her eyes. “I checked off the numbers, and I was going ‘one more, one more, one more’,” she said. “I realised I had them all — and even the supplementary numbers too! I just went ‘Oh my god!’.”
Her ticket matched all six main numbers and both supplementary numbers, making her one of only two division-one winners nationwide in that draw — both from New South Wales — and each taking home a clean AU$1 million prize.
The woman described her reaction as utter disbelief. After decades of buying tickets and dreaming about winning big, the moment finally arrived — unexpectedly. “It’s just unbelievable, really,” she said. “It’s amazing because we can use it for retirement. It’s great timing.”
Experts from The Lott, the organisation that oversees lottery games across Australia, highlighted that Weekday Windfall draws occur three times weekly — every Monday, Wednesday and Friday — with millions of dollars routinely up for grabs. Winning division one requires matching all six numbers drawn, a feat with long odds, making this kind of windfall rare and newsworthy.
This story adds to a growing list of surprising lottery wins this year across Australia, where unpredictable moments and lucky breaks have turned ordinary days into extraordinary ones for players who least expected it. But perhaps the most remarkable part of this story is not just the prize itself — it’s how a mistake turned into one of the most memorable wins of the year.
Lottery officials continue to remind players to check their tickets regularly and to consider registering them online or through membership programs, ensuring they are contacted promptly if they hold a winning entry. That simple act could be the difference between a forgotten ticket and a life-changing moment.