"She's my heartbeat": Man's touching move after mum buys him $730k winning lottery ticket
A man from South Australia has vowed to shower his mother in gifts after she bought him a winning lottery ticket for his birthday.
The man held one of the seven winning division one tickets, seeing him rake in a hefty prize of $738,668.19.
The winning ticket was purchased by the man's mother, at the George Avenue Deli in Whyalla Norrie, north of Adelaide, with the family in disbelief at the extraordinary win.
"My mum bought me this ticket for my birthday last week,” the man said.
“I rang her yesterday after calling The Lott and she didn’t believe me at all.”
The man said that while he is thrilled with the win, it still doesn't seem real.
“Honestly, I’ve been holding off getting excited until the money is in my account,” he said.
The grateful winner has promised to repay his mother for all she’s done for him by spoiling her “rotten” with his winnings.
“She’s my heartbeat, she’s everything to me,” he said.
“I wouldn’t have had a great birthday if it wasn’t for her, so I look forward to giving back to her.”
The owner of George Avenue Deli, Lorna-Jane Anderson, said learning of the winning entry had been “wonderful news”.
“There’s no doubt the local community will be happy to hear another Whyalla Norrie customer has won big with a ticket purchased at our outlet,” she said.
“We’ve sold many major lottery prizes in the past two years and in fact, almost a year ago we sold a top prize-winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket worth $100,000."
“We’re glad to hear the mystery winner has come forward to claim their prize and we wish him all the best with the win.”
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