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Published 10:51 31 Jul 2020 GMT
The coronavirus pandemic has presented society with incredible challenges - not only through the nature of the virus itself, but also through the impact it has hard on our working lives.
Some have been lucky enough to continue their employment by working at home, but others have been forced to carry on with their jobs in incredibly trying circumstances, while others still have lost their jobs altogether due to the ongoing pandemic.
One young father who hails from Perth in Australia knows this only too well, after he lost his job as a security guard due to the pandemic, the Daily Mail reports.
This lottery winner blew all of her prize money and says she couldn't be happier:
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Remarkably, though, the man - who is in his late 20s - has reportedly scooped a cool $5.8m on the lottery. After seeing a sign for Lotterywest while out grocery shopping for his three-year-old daughter, he decided to buy himself a ticket and try his luck.
And when he heard on the news that a mystery winner was yet to come forward - and had purchased a ticket from the same newsagent he did - he checked his own ticket.
"I just want to go home and hug my daughter," he told Lotterywest officials.
"I always say that life could be a dream, and this certainly feels like one. I'm always reading the news about Lotto winners and never thought it could be me."
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The winner said he was going to tell his brother first about his winnings.
"I really look up to him and he's been struggling to find the finances to buy a house but I'm going to buy him a whole house now," he revealed.
"I'm also going to go back to school and finish my commerce degree and learn how to manage my money.
"My mum will be getting a new car and I'll buy myself a house and also set up my kids."
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Hermione Coleman, Lotterywest spokesperson said that interviewing the lottery winners was the highlight of her job.
"Another highlight is knowing that all profit raised from Lotterywest tickets goes into the COVID-19 Relief Fund, which is helping the WA community at a time when so many people are doing it tough," she added.
