<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>337637</docID> <postdate>2025-02-05 09:45:49</postdate> <headline>Western Sydney woman wins $100 million in lottery</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-337553" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250203153278991505-original-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>The chance of winning a first division Oz Lotto prize is about one in 62 million. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><strong>A western Sydney woman has won $100 million in a lottery draw, alerted to her good fortune in a late night phone call as she was about to nod off in front of the TV.</strong></p> <p>"Who is this? Why are you calling this late?" the winner reportedly said when contacted by Oz Lotto operator The Lott.</p> <p>"You better not be pranking me! I don't know whether to believe you or not."</p> <p>The Elizabeth Hills woman, who had bought her lottery entry online, was the only person to get a division one - matching all seven numbers - win.</p> <p>The $100 million jackpot is the largest for a single winner in Oz Lotto since it started in 1994.</p> <p>An Adelaide man became Australia's biggest ever individual lottery winner in May when he took sole claim to a $150 million Powerball prize.</p> <p>"Internally, I'm sweating bullets! Are you sure this is real? Oh my gosh. I still can't believe it," the winner of the Oz Lotto prize said on Tuesday night, according to The Lott.</p> <p>"That's crazy! I just finished watching tonight's episode of Married at First Sight and I was falling asleep as you called me.</p> <p>"It's 10pm here and when I saw multiple missed calls, I thought, 'Who would be calling me at this time?' I was worried something was wrong.</p> <p>"I still feel like I'm being pranked or I'm dreaming."</p> <p>She said the $100 million would allow her to buy a house of her own.</p> <p>"I love my job but I won't need to work seven days a week any more. It's actually really nice to think that I won't need to work," she said.</p> <p>"I'll finally be able to buy a place of my own. It's so exciting. I'll start treating myself more. I'll go on some holidays."</p> <p>Gambler's Help puts the chance of taking out the first division Oz Lotto prize at about one in 62 million.</p> <p>There is an estimated one in 1.2 million chance of getting hit by lightning in any given year, according to US researchers.</p> </body>