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A TATTS customer who purchased a ticket at an outlet in Epsom has rocketed into the record books after winning $5 million in Tuesday's Oz Lotto.
The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased the 18-game QuickPick entry from Epsom Lotto and Gifts.
It is the largest win recorded for Tatts in Bendigo to date.
The second largest win was $1, 105, 263.16 in May, 2014 and was won by a Bendigo family.
Chris Trowell, who sold the winning ticket, said he could not contain his excitement.
"We are so excited and absolutely thrilled. We are really happy we have been able to sell a ticket and change someone’s life forever in a good way," he said.
The outlet, at Epsom Village Shopping Centre, has only been open for six months, making the moment even more special for Mr Trowell and his wife Mellanie.
"We always had a feeling that we were going to sell a division one winning entry sooner rather than later," Mr Trowell said.
"We are so excited you would think we had won."
Mr Trowell said he had a feeling he would sell another winning ticket soon.
"The saying goes that soon after you sell a winning ticket you sell another," he said.
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A Tatts customer is $5 million richer after an Oz Lotto ticket purchased in Epsom scooped the entire first division prize pool in Tuesday night’s draw.
The overwhelmed winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, has claimed the first division prize of $5 million.
The winning Oz Lotto 18-game QuickPick entry was purchased from Epsom Lotto and Gifts.
Epsom Lotto and Gifts owner Chris Trowell was over the moon when he discovered his Tatts outlet had sold a $5 million winning entry.
''We’re extremely excited! We’re so excited you’d think we’d won first division!” Mr Trowell said.
''We’re so thrilled for our customer who is now a multi-millionaire.
''We’re a brand new Tatts outlet – we’ve only just hit six months! We’ve always had a feeling that we were going to sell a division one winning entry sooner rather than later.
''Now that we’ve sold our first winning ticket, we’re hoping lightning will strike twice and we sell another first division entry in Thursday’s $40 million Powerball draw.''
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto draw 1077 were 6, 15, 23, 28, 20, 19 and 3 with the supplementary numbers 2 and 31.