Six numbers settled it on Saturday night: 40, 27, 17, 43, 5 and 38, with 2 and 39 as the supplementaries. By the time Saturday Lotto draw 4709 was done, nine tickets across Australia had matched all six — and two of those belonged to Western Australians.
Nine Division One tickets, two of them in WA
Draw 4709 was held on Saturday 5 September 2026. Its Division One prize pool came to A$20,000,000.07, and split nine ways that put A$2,222,222.23 into each winner's hands.
Saturday Lotto is one national draw sold under different regional brands, so the same six numbers decided Division One in every state at once. In Western Australia the game is run by Lotterywest, whose results place two of the nine Division One winners in the state.
Neither of them has been named. The full division-by-division result for that night is on the page for that night's draw.
In Australia, lottery prizes are not assessable income, so a Division One share isn't taxed. That's general information rather than advice — the practical side of a win that size is a conversation to have with the operator, and with a professional if it warrants one.
Two Division One tickets landing in the same state is the kind of line that invites a theory, and there isn't one. Every Saturday Lotto draw stands on its own, and Division One is a genuine long shot however the numbers get chosen. If you'd rather understand the machinery than the mythology, the Saturday Lotto results page sets out how the game is actually put together.
Two West Australian tickets, one Saturday night, and A$2,222,222.23 apiece that hasn't been attached to a name.
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Sources
- Lotterywest, draw 4709 (5 September 2026), Saturday Lotto winning numbers and division prizes — Lotterywest official draw results data
