09 August 22

Beecroft man’s morning drive intercepted by $100,000 Lucky Lotteries windfall!

Lucky Lotteries
SNAPSHOT
  • A Beecroft man’s spur-of-the-moment decision to purchase a lottery ticket has paid off, after he pocketed $100,000 in today’s Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw.
  • The Northern Sydney man won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10638, drawn Tuesday 9 August 2022.
  • The winner shared it was the first time he’d grabbed an entry into Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot.
  • His winning entry of 10 random numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 9 August 2022 - 3:04 pm,

first published at 9 August 2022 - 1:37 pm

A Beecroft man’s spur-of-the-moment decision to purchase a lottery ticket has paid off after he scored $100,000 in today’s Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw.

The Northern Sydney man won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10638, drawn Tuesday 9 August 2022.

When an official from The Lott reached out to the winning man immediately after the draw to confirm his windfall, he was driving in his car, and asked if he could call back once he had arrived at his destination so he could fully take in the news.

“Really? This is awesome!” he exclaimed.

“This is the first time I’ve ever purchased a Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot entry.

“I can’t believe it. I’m still rather stunned.

“This is excellent! I was a little apprehensive when you called, but the more you spoke, the more I knew this was real.

“I very rarely purchase lottery tickets. I saw this one and decided to give it a go.

“I don’t know how I’ll celebrate yet, I’m still in shock.

“I don’t even have any plans for the prize!

“I’m sure once I share this news with my wife, she’ll have some plans for it.

“You have made my day, thank you so much.”

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 million for draw 1585, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $21.86 million for draw 10639.

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.