By Luke Voogt
Bellarine Village Lotto has celebrated Geelong’s latest millionaire, after selling its fourth division one winning ticket this year.
Store owner Ben Kelberg was thrilled with the latest win.
“We’re a bit blown away here,” he said. “The last one was only two months ago, and now another one. We’ve been telling everyone that we’ve sold another one at the outlet.”
But exactly how the winner would spend their prize remained a mystery after they chose to remain completely anonymous and celebrate privately.
The winner took home $1,009,035.64 after their ticket was one of four winning entries in Tattslotto’s Saturday night draw.
“We’ve been so happy to have sold the other entries too, but this one is pretty special for us as it is our first winning entry that has made one of our customers a millionaire,” Mr Kelberg said.
In January, a retiree from St Albans Park said she would take a holiday after winning $62,000 from a ticket she purchased at Bellarine Village Lotto.
Then, in April, a Geelong woman entered using birth dates and lucky numbers, winning $463,590.27.
The store sold a third winning ticket in July to a Geelong woman, who initially hung up on a lotto official when she didn’t believe she had won $496,656.
