{"id":73974,"date":"2024-11-20T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?p=73974"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:16:46","slug":"mystery-owner-of-the-winning-2-5-million-lotto-ticket-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mystery-owner-of-the-winning-2-5-million-lotto-ticket-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Owner Of The Winning $2.5 Million Lotto Ticket Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Congrats to this lucky Coastie!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winner of the mystery lotto ticket purchased at The Entrance has been identified as a lucky Central Coast woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lucky local scored a cool $2.5 million in Saturday\u2019s lotto, holding one of the two division one winning tickets nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winner was an unregistered player and hasn\u2019t let the ticket out of her sight since checking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been carrying around my ticket like it\u2019s pure gold. I\u2019m petrified of losing it. It\u2019s certainly wonderful news,\u201d she told The Lott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The win comes just in time for Christmas, with the unnamed woman already brewing spending ideas.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ll be able to share it with the family and really help the kids,\u201d she told The Lott.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m thinking we\u2019ll do a big family holiday eventually. I would love to go overseas some place nice. Maybe Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Entrance Newsagency owner, Blake Gavljak, said news of the big win was spreading quickly around town, and his family-owned business had started celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBefore the weekend, we had never been fortunate in the 10 years that we have owned the business to sell a division one winning entry,\u201d Gavljak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&#8230;we have seen a lot of customers be one number off winning division one, but this is the first time we have had the opportunity to be a part of changing a customer\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Listen via the Star 104.5 Player, download it now via the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/star-104-5-central-coast\/id1068731232\"><em>App Store<\/em><\/a><em> or <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.com.star1045\"><em>Google Play<\/em><\/a><em> and take Star 104.5 wherever you go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Images:\u00a0The Lott \/ Supplied<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to this lucky Coastie! The winner of the mystery lotto ticket purchased at The Entrance has been identified as a lucky Central Coast woman. The lucky local scored a cool $2.5 million in Saturday\u2019s lotto, holding one of the two division one winning tickets nationally. 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