The man who purchased the winning ticket, a grandfather who has asked to remain anonymous, was reportedly stunned when contacted by a NSW Lotteries official with the news. 

“Are you sure you’re not joking?” he said. 

“I’ve been playing Monday Lotto for years but I’ve only ever won enough to buy a couple of coffees.”

The seller of the winning eight-game marked entry, Tull’s Newsagency at Forster, was also celebrating a landmark win. 

Owner Denis Tull said, in five years owning the store, this was the first really large win. 

“We’ve had a few big ones, but nothing like that. We’ve been saying for a while that we were due for a win.”

A plaque marking the $1 million ticket will go up on the newsagency wall. 

“It’s good for the town to get something like this,” Mr Tull said.

“It’s been a few years since there was a Saturday jackpot win.”

Mr Tull said, while he didn’t know the identity of the winner, he understood he was a regular customer.    

There were four entries from NSW that won a first division prize in the April 7 Monday Lotto draw. The other winning tickets came from Cessnock, Kotara and Winston Hills.