A Narrabri woman has been surprised by a “magical whirlwind” after uncovering a dazzling $100,000 Instant Scratch-Its prize earlier this week.
The Namoi Valley locals winning $5 Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Shop 2390, 80 Maitland Street, Narrabri.
The winning woman was still reeling from the win when officials contacted her a day after she’d claimed her prize at The Lott headquarters.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes when I realised we’d won,” she laughed.
“I went straight to my husband and got him to look over the ticket. We both couldn’t believe our eyes!
“Since we discovered the win, it’s been a magical whirlwind. We hopped straight into the car and made our way to The Lott headquarters.
“We spent the entire car ride discussing what we’d do with the money. We’re pretty stoked to be mortgage-free.
“We’ve already been looking at holiday options too.
“This has been the most amazing experience! Thank you.”
In 2023, there were 144 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $12.1 million in top prizes.
During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 26.76 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $249.17 million. This equates to more than half a million winners a week and about $700,000 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.
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 2023, more than 122.7 million wins took home more than $3.76 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Lotto, Weekday Windfall, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno (SA), Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.6 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
