Friends from a Melbourne suburb in the state of Victoria won the lottery thanks to their long-standing tradition.

The Australian winner anonymously revealed that she and her partner have been playing the lottery for years by choosing numbers drawn blindly from a hat.

As reported: Fakta.today

"We've been playing one set of numbers the whole time," she explained.

An unusual tradition, screen youtube
An unusual tradition, screen youtube

"He told me his favorite numbers, I had mine, we mixed them up in the hat and then pulled them out."

An unusual tradition, screen youtube
An unusual tradition, screen youtube

The unusual way of playing the lottery brought the friends a million Australian dollars.

An unusual tradition, screen youtube
An unusual tradition, screen youtube

The winner has already decided how to spend part of the prize.

An unusual tradition, screen youtube
An unusual tradition, screen youtube

She plans to install wooden floors in her home, buy a new car, and help her family.

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