WA construction worker splits $650k Lotto prize with best mate, celebrates by taking wives for Italian feast

A WA construction worker who won an eye-watering near $650k Lotto prize says he plans on splitting it with his best mate and treating their wives to an Italian dinner feast.

The winner, who usually purchases his weekly ticket from a retailer in Mundaring, says a special request by his wife to go to the butcher’s meant he switched up his usual routine and bought his ticket elsewhere.

“My wife said she wanted a ribeye steak for dinner to celebrate our anniversary, so when I headed to my favourite butcher, I stopped into Nextra Boutiques in Forrestfield to pick up my Lotto ticket,” he began.

“My best friend and I each buy a Slikpik 18 and send photos of our tickets to each other every week, so we’ll be splitting the prize down the middle.”

The best mates have shared tickets for seven years and admitted they were both “gobsmacked” when they discovered the win.