Just when an Everton Park blue-collar worker thought his relaxing break from work couldn’t get any better, he picked up a $100,000 win in today’s Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw.
The North Brisbane man won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10643, drawn Monday 15 August 2022.
“Holy s***! Bloody hell!” he cheered when an official from The Lott revealed his win.
“Oh wow! I can’t wrap my head around this.
“I just went on smoko, and I noticed I had a few missed calls.
“I decided to give you a callback and find out what’s going on.
“I’m really glad I did.
“I won’t forget this workday ever!
“What a way to start the week, hey?!”
When asked how he planned to spend his $100,000 windfall, the Queenslander shared a couple of ideas.
“I’m very shocked right now, so I can’t think exactly what I’ll spend the money on. Maybe a holiday? Maybe a new car? Maybe I’ll put it into savings?” he questioned.
“All I know is that I’ll be celebrating this win with a couple of beers. How good!”
His winning entry of 10 random numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $13.25 million for draw 1586, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $22.77 million for draw 10646.
In 2021, 127 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $32.95 million.
During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by a Coolangatta man who a Mega Jackpot prize of $9.41 million in May.
Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot and Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot are raffle-style games, which means there is a set number of tickets in each draw. As each ticket number is unique there is no sharing of prizes.
Each game has two draws – one that determines the winning numbers and one that determines the jackpot number. If the jackpot number matches one of the winning numbers, then the Jackpot Prize is won. If the jackpot number does not match one of the winning numbers, the Jackpot Prize will climb for the next draw.
Tickets can be purchased at any licenced lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via The Lott mobile app.
The official home of Australia’s lotteries, The Lott operates and markets Australia’s leading lottery games customers know and love creating everyday winners, winning every day.
In 2021, more than 130.8 million winners took home more than $3.79 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Gold Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno, Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.5 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.