A Glass House Mountains woman who was gifted an Instant Scratch-Its ticket as an apology couldn’t believe her eyes when she discovered she’d scratched her way to a $25,000 win.
The Sunshine Coast local’s winning $2 Power x10 Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Beerwah Newsagency, Shop 9, Beerwah Market Place, Peachester Road, Beerwah.
When an official from The Lott confirmed the top prize win, the gleeful woman shared the winning ticket turned out to be a great apology, allowing her to book a getaway she had been dreaming about.
“It’s very exciting news!” she cheered.
“My partner actually gifted me the ticket, as an apology to say sorry for something.
“Turned out to be a very good apology!
“We couldn’t believe our eyes. I think we must’ve checked our ticket about seven times in disbelief.
“We were really doubtful to begin with. It just didn’t feel real.
“It’s hard to believe a $2 Instant Scratch-Its ticket could lead to $25,000.
“We haven’t been able to celebrate just yet as we’ve had a really busy week.
“I think we’ll use the prize to book a holiday. There’re a few places I’ve been dreaming of going.”
Beerwah Newsagency owner Grant Townsend shared he was thrilled to discover a local customer had experienced a top prize win worth $25,000.
“Wow! I was so excited to learn that a regular customer had won a big prize,” he said.
“We’re already spreading the good news with our local community and telling everyone we sold a top prize-winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket.
“Our customers are happy for the lucky winner and hoping it will be them next time.
“Congratulations to our special winner. We hope you can put your prize towards something you need.”
In 2024, there were 142 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $11.8 million in top prizes.
During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 25.6 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $251.4 million. This equates to almost half a million winners and more than $4.8 million won on Instant Scratch-Its each week.
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 2024, more than 195.3 million winners took home more than $4.84 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Gold 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 $1.8 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.