The news of a $100,000 lottery win while busy at work has prompted a Prahran man to clock off and head straight to a lavish French restaurant to celebrate.
The victorious Victorian scored the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10509, drawn Thursday 9 December 2021.
As well as winning the 1st Prize, the winner also scored a consolation prize of $2,000, boosting his total windfall to $102,000.
When an official from The Lott called the hardworking man this afternoon to break the exciting news, he oblivious to his good fortune.
“That’s amazing! That’s awesome! $102,000?” he questioned.
“How exciting! I’m busy at work and had absolutely no idea. I’ve been filled with phone calls and meetings all day.
“This is the best news I’ve ever received. I’m all over the place.
“I do purchase entries into Lucky Lotteries quite a bit, so it’s nice to see a win come my way.
“Thank you for making my day!”
“We’ve been in lockdown for the past year and a half, so I haven’t been able to go on holiday for a very long time!” he said.
“I have a holiday booked to Byron Bay soon, and this will definitely come in handy. I’m also hitting a milestone birthday next year.
“I’m going to celebrate the win straight after work with a group of friends! We might go to a French restaurant.”
His winning entry of 10 consecutive numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $5.32 million for draw 1553, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $5.05 million for draw 10510.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, 136 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $46.09 million.
During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by a Coolangatta man who scored a Mega Jackpot prize of $9.41 million in May 2021.
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 the 12 months to 30 June 2021, Australians took home more than 123.7 million prizes worth more than $3.62 billion from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Lotto, Monday & Wednesday 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.