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Two lifelong Perth mates become millionaires after 25 years of playing Lotto

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Another West Australian has become a Lotto millionaire on Wednesday just days after two lifelong mates from Perth's southern suburbs won $2 million in last Saturday's Division 1 prize.

The West Aussie won Wednesday's Division 1 prize with the numbers 12, 24, 36, 39, 29, and 32 and the supplementary numbers 16 and 38.

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There was one other winner interstate who also claimed $1 million.

Lotterywest said last Saturday's draw finally paid off for two friends who had been playing Lotto together for 25 years.

Rain, hail or shine, our numbers go on every week," one of the friends said.

"We've seen how lucky players from WA have been and always held out hope we'd win too," they added.

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The pair, who would usually check their ticket the night of the draw, didn't realise that they were winners until the following day.

"I was checking our numbers in the newspaper and saw that we had four and was pretty rapt that we'd won something," the other friend said.

"Then I saw that we had all six and thought I must be dreaming," they added.

The friends, who go halves in a Lotto ticket each week, said it was cost effective to play together.

"And now we get to share the joy of a win," they added.

The ticket, which was sold at Jungle News and Lotto in Geraldton was the third Division 1 ticket sold by the store.