A Goulburn man’s quiet post-work snooze turned into a dream come true after he was jolted awake by the thrilling news he’d scored $100,000 in today’s Lucky Lotteries draw.
The Southern Tablelands resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10971, drawn Friday 2 May 2025. He looks forward to a neat $100,000.
So far in 2025, there have been eight major lottery wins in the Illawarra and Southeast New South Wales region that have collectively taken home more than $2.96 million in prize money.
“Sorry if I sound a bit groggy! I just finished night shift,” he said when an official from The Lott called.
“I just saw my phone kept lighting up and I thought it could be something important.
“I don’t mind being woken up to be told that I’ve won $100,000.
“This is much better than my normal alarm.
“This is fantastic news. I’m feeling wide awake now.”
The elated winner shared he’d be putting his prize towards a fresh set of wheels to get him around town.
“I’ve been wanting to get a new car, so this is great timing,” he revealed.
“The rest will sit in a bank account and provide some of peace of mind.”
His winning entry of two random numbers was purchased on The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $5.8 million for draw 1702, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $17.14 million for draw 10972.
In 2024, 147 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $52.2 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 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 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.