A Bathurst man has been overwhelmed with emotion today after discovering his Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot ticket purchased on a whim has landed him a life-enhancing $100,000 boost.
The Central Tablelands resident scored the 1st Prize of $100,000 in today’s Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10844, drawn Tuesday 2 April 2024.
The New South Welshman was going about his Tuesday when he noticed he had a couple of missed calls and emails encouraging him to check his lottery tickets.
“I’m feeling pretty good now!” he laughed.
“Thank you so much.
“I’ve been playing lotto for quite some time, but I have never played this random jackpot before. I decided to give it a go on a whim – now it’s landed me $100,000!
“I’ve only ever really won $400 before, so this is overwhelming.
“I immediately thought I was being scammed when I noticed I had a couple of missed calls, text messages and emails, but then I looked into it and I thought, hang on!”
While some major lottery winners envision a lavish holiday or a brand-new car, the seasonal player admitted this prize would instead go towards his long-held dream of owning a home.
“I’m not too sure what I’ll spend the prize on right now, but I’ve always thought if I was to win the lottery – depending on how much – I’d want to buy a house,” he said.
“This would be a great help towards a house if that’s the route I decide to go down.”
His winning entry of 10 random numbers was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $15.64 million for draw 1658, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $630,001.00 for draw 10845.
In 2023, 117 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $20.6 million.
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 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, Monday & Wednesday Lotto, 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.
