A man from Sydney's northern beaches initially hung up on Oz Lotto officials who called him on Tuesday night to advise he was a joint winner of a $50 million jackpot.
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Oz Lotto officials persisted, eventually keeping the Manly man on the line long enough to break the good news.
He was one of three winners to share in the $50 million prize, telling Oz Lotto officials he chose his numbers based on family birth dates and had a "feeling" he might win.
"Earlier today I thought I'd love to win," he said. "I was just thinking in my head driving along and low and behold, I won. I can't believe it.
"When you rang before I thought it was a bit strange. But then I went and grabbed my ticket, then I checked my ticket and saw the numbers."
The winner told officials he would invest his $16.6 million share of the prize and "have a happy life".
"This is amazing," he said. "You can honestly say 100 per cent you don't get much better news than this."
The man purchased his winning ticket at Ink & Press Cafe in Fairlight.
The two other division one winners came from Queensland and Western Australia.
The Queensland winner, a woman from the Brisbane suburb of Carindale, screamed for several minutes when officials informed her of the news.
"You've stopped my heart," she said. "I need my heart fixed."
She told officials she would share the spoils with family members.
