The retired woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased her winning ticket of one random number at Newspower Bathurst in Bathurst Stockland.

The thrilled local says she can’t wait to surprise her family with the news.

“We’ve got a few plans for the money and we won’t waste a cent of it,” she said.

“We’ve got quite a big family and we haven’t told them yet. It will probably be as big a surprise for them as it was for us.

“I hope they don’t keel over on me.”