‘I’m ending 2020 with $20million!’ Hilarious reaction after a mineral worker in remote Queensland won a huge Powerball jackpot – as he vows to ‘live the Australian dream’ and reveals his first buys
- A Far North Queensland mineral worker won $20million on Thursday’s Powerball
- He was not aware he had won when lottery officials called him on Friday morning
- The Cairns man first thought his friends were pranking him when he got the call
- He said he would help his loved ones, buy a big property and live off the grid
A Far North Queensland mineral worker has vowed to ‘buy myself a big property and live off the grid’ after winning $20million in the lottery.
The Cairns man, who wished to remain anonymous, held the only division one winning entry in Australia in Powerball draw 1277 on Thursday night.
He was not aware he had become a multi-millionaire overnight when an official from The Lott rang him rang him with the good news on Friday morning.
An industrial miner worker wearing a uniform and helmet. A mineral worker from Cairns won $20 million as he held the only division one winning entry in Australia in Powerball draw 1277 on Thursday night (stock image)
‘Oh s**t! Oh Jesus Christ! Crikey! Thank you very much. Oh my god. Are you sure this isn’t a joke? Has one of my friends put you up to this?’ he said.
‘Holy s**t. Oh my god. This is amazing. Oh my god. Wow. I play off and on, every now and again. I can’t believe this.
‘I feel like I’m dreaming. Everything feels like a bit of a blur. My mind is going a bit wild. Oh wow. Oh my god. I’m dizzy.’
Once he calmed down, the man revealed what he would spend his $20million fortune on.
The winner was not aware he had become a multi-millionaire overnight when an official from The Lott rang him rang him with the good news on Friday morning and initially thought he was being pranked by his friends (stock image)
‘I work in the minerals industry and I will keep working for now but maybe I’ll change jobs down the track and pursue some of my hobbies,’ he said.
‘I do get bored easy so I would have to be doing something! I’m going to live the great Australian dream and buy myself a big property and live off the grid.
The man said he would also ‘help my family and friends out as well and make sure they’re more than comfortable’.
‘As soon as I get off the phone, I’m calling my parents and telling them they’ll be set up for the rest of their lives!’ he said.
‘I’m ending 2020 with $20 million – can you believe it?!’
The mineral worker said he wants to ‘live the Australian dream’ by buying a large house. He said he would also ‘help my family and friends out as well and make sure they’re more than comfortable’ (stock image)
The winning numbers in Powerball draw 1277 on Thursday were 24, 3, 13, 2, 35, 14 and 21. The all-important Powerball number was 12.
Across Australia, there was only one division one winning entry in Powerball draw 1277 – the entry from Queensland.
The winner purchased his life-changing entry online at thelott.com.
He is the eleventh Powerball division one winner so far in 2020. Collectively, these eleven winners have pocketed more than $420 million in division one prize money.
In 2019, the biggest individual Powerball prize was $107,575,649.08, which was won by a Sydney healthcare worker on January 17 last year.