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Can’t blame him…

A Queensland tradie who discovered he won the Gold Lotto quit his job mere hours after receiving the news.

The Chermside man held one of five winning tickets across the country in the Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 3977, but didn’t find out he had won until he was on his way to work on Thursday. Isn’t that one hell of a morning commute!

The man, and the four other winners, will receive $800,000 each.

“I can’t believe it. I was on my way to work and stopped to check my lottery ticket and now I’ve won $800,000. I’ll be going to work to do one thing and one thing only, quit. This is so surreal. I really can’t believe it”.

He’s got some pretty sick plans for the cash as well, saying “I’m in desperate need of a holiday. And I’ll have plenty of spare time to slow down as soon as I quit my job. I’m just going to sit back and relax”.

“I want to buy house and just go fishing. I think golf will be my new hobby.” Sounds pretty perfect if you ask me.

In 2019 alone, the Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto as well as the Saturday Gold Lotto created 203 millionaires across Australia. As of May 2020 the Lott’s division one winning tally has reached 146, including 44 won by Golden Casket.