Lotto: Perth couple becomes WA’s newest millionaires after winning division one

A Perth couple won $1 million in Monday night’s Lotto after forgetting they had even bought a ticket in the draw.

The new millionaires — who don’t usually play Monday Lotto — bought the ticket on a whim.

“I heard about a win in Pearsall on Facebook and I knew my wife had been to the shops there,” the winner said.

”I asked her ‘did you buy a ticket on Monday?’ she said no course not, it was Monday.”

However, the woman later remembered she had purchased a Slikpik 30 and couldn’t believe it when she checked and saw all six matching numbers.

“I don’t know what prompted me to buy a Monday ticket, I never do, but what a great decision,” she said.

“We tried to go for dinner to celebrate but we could barely eat, barely drink and can hardly sleep.”

This is WA’s first division one win in almost a month, with Lotterywest spokesperson Zoe Wender saying the Slikpik win was fantastic.

“So far this year, all claimed division one prizes have been from Slikpiks,” she said.

“Last year more than 70 per cent of division one winning tickets were thanks to system generated numbers.”

West Aussies get another shot at becoming multimillionaires with $12 million up for grabs in Thursday night’s Powerball.