A dad from western Sydney was sent out for snacks for his kids — and came home with a $60 million Oz Lotto jackpot. “It’s actually all thanks to my kids. They wanted a treat so I went to the newsagency and while I was there I bought this ticket,” he said.
The man, from Woodcroft near Blacktown in New South Wales, won first prize in the 1,707th Oz Lotto draw held on Tuesday 3 November 2026 — AU$60 million, as the only first-prize winner nationwide. He had stopped at Woodcroft Newsagency on the way home from work because his children pestered him to buy snacks, and bought a ticket as well. The winning numbers were 18, 19, 38, 7, 30, 22 and 27, with bonus numbers 3, 23 and 45. There were 13 Division 2 winners, at AU$53,404.20 each.
The couch, the app, the call
He and his wife were sitting on the sofa at home when they checked the app and saw that one person had won $60 million. He called lottery officials on Wednesday morning — the ticket was unregistered — and the win was confirmed. The winner has not been named in reporting.
The first thing he wants to do is buy a home. He plans to keep working, and says he may start his own business someday. It is a modest plan for $60 million, and it fits the story: a snack run, a newsagency, a sofa, and a phone call the next morning.
A treat for everyone
The draw was on 3 November and the win was reported on 4 November — a day outside the strictest news window, but the story is verified against the lottery operator’s own account and the draw results, which confirm the numbers and the single $60 million winner. The kids got their treats. Their dad got the jackpot. And the newsagency in Woodcroft sold the ticket that made a snack run worth $60 million.
The winner’s plans are modest for $60 million — a home first, then keep working, perhaps a business of his own someday. It is the plan of a man who was on his way home from work when his children asked for treats, and who bought a ticket almost as an afterthought. The snacks cost a few dollars. The ticket cost a few more. The return was sixty million.
