Kind-hearted pensioner gives his whopping $600,000 lottery win to his children so they can 'pay off their mortgages' in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
- A South Australian retiree has won $613,00 in the X Lotto Draw
- Pensioner revealed he plans to spend all his winnings on family and friends
- He is going to buy his neighbour a new car and pay off his children's mortgages
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A pensioner from Spencer Gulf, in South Australia won $613,000 in the Saturday X Lotto draw on April 4 (stock image)
An Australian retiree who won more than half a million dollars in the lottery has decided he's giving it all away - to spread the joy to family and friends .
A pensioner from Spencer Gulf, in South Australia, won $613,000 in the Saturday X Lotto draw on April 4.
But he said the only money he will spend on himself will be new bed.
'I'm giving it all away to my family!' he declared.
A kind pensioner has vowed to give his lottery win to friends and family (pictured: stock image of couple in front of a sold house)
'I'm going to pay off my children's mortgages and give some to my friends.
'I'm going to buy my neighbour a new car as he often drives me around. Now we can drive in style.
'The only thing I might buy myself is a nice new comfortable bed.'
The winning numbers were 33, 36, 11, 39, 19 and 22, and the supplementary numbers were 7 and 18.
An Australian retiree who won half a million dollars in the lottery has decided he's giving it all away - to spread the joy to family and friends (pictured: stock image)
While the winning ticket was purchased at the Terry White Chemists at Port Lincoln.
The retiree was one of seven division one winners from Saturday night's draw, with another three coming from Victoria, and one each from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.
He revealed its not his first lottery win either.
'A couple of years ago I won division two but finally winning division one is just a beautiful feeling!' he said.
Between 1 January and 31 December 2019, there were 289 division one winning Saturday X Lotto entries across Australia that collectively won more than $333.41 million.
The winning ticket was purchased at the Terry White Chemists at Port Lincoln (pictured)
