11 October 22

A brilliant birthday! Surprise $25,000 Instant Scratch-Its win for Noosa woman

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 11 October 2022 - 3:36 pm,

first published at 11 October 2022 - 3:35 pm

A Noosa woman has confessed her birthday celebrations may continue for a little longer after her husband gave her a $25,000 winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket.

The top prize winning $2 Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Noosa Junction Newsagency, Shop 26, Noosa Fair Shopping Centre, 3 Lanyana Way, Noosa Heads.

Confirming her exciting win with an official from The Lott, the winning Sunshine Coast resident said she initially thought she might have been seeing things.

“I didn’t think my eyes were working properly at first!” she exclaimed.

“There were a few moments of complete confusion before I realised that I’d actually won.

“Birthday presents don’t come much better than this, I have to say!”

When asked how she planned to celebrate her birthday bounty, the elated woman laughed and shared the win had made her feel very fortunate.

“I don’t know what I’ll do yet, but I know I’m going to enjoy it,” she said.

“The birthday celebrations continue!”

The Noosa Junction Newsagency team said they were elated to have sold a top prize winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket and hoped to have more major wins in the future. In FY22, there were 139 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $14.51 million in top prizes.

During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 28.7 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $261 million. This equates to almost three-quarters of a million dollars won on Instant Scratch-Its every day.

Every month, Instant Scratch-Its’ 2nd Chance Draw gives you another chance to turn your eligible non-winning Instant Scratch-Its into a winner. Visit thelott.com to enter this month’s 2nd Chance Draw.