Vic: Santa arrives early for lottery winner

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2006
Vic: Santa arrives early for lottery winner

MELBOURNE, Dec 24 AAP - Santa arrived early for one lucky Melbourne woman this week,
who won more than half-a-million dollars in Tattslotto.

The Glenroy mum, who started playing Tattslotto only three months ago, won $573,000 last night.

"My kids pick the numbers for me," the woman said.

"Early this morning, my husband was jumping around, waking everybody up and we had
no idea what was going on.

"Then we discovered that he had seen the winning numbers in a newspaper."

The woman, who did not want to be named, said her family had been struggling financially
for several years.

"Now I would like to invest in a home, as I have always wanted one," she said."

A syndicate of eight workmates from the Ford Motor Company also won more than $589,000
in last night's draw.

The syndicate organiser said the group had been playing together for about seven years.

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