A Queanbeyan man, scrolling casually through social media, discovered he was holding a Saturday Lotto ticket worth more than $1.4 million.

He held one of the seven division one winning entries nationally in the August 2 draw. Each division one winning entry won $1,428,571.43.

The Lott reports that the unnamed man was scrolling through social media when he saw a post about a mystery Saturday Lotto winner in the area.

“I had a check of the winning numbers, and they all seemed to match my ticket,” he told them.

“First things first, I’m wiping out my mortgage. I’m also getting closer to retirement age, so it’ll help make things easy.

“There’s too many different things I could do. I’ll let the dust settle for now.”

His winning entry was purchased at Karabar Newsagency.