A Cairns man admits he’ll have a big smile on his face all day after being interrupted at work by the news he nabbed $202,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The Far North Queensland player held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1575, drawn Monday 6 June 2022. He scored the $200,000 1st Prize, plus a $1,000 consolation prize.
“Thank you so much! I had no idea!” he laughed when an official from The Lott confirmed his windfall.
“I’m just at work. I’ll have a big smile on my face all day now!
“That is just terrific. Wow!
“I’ve played Lucky Lotteries for a while now. I’m always living the dream that I might win one day… and now I have!
“I’m in my last decade of my working life, so this will take care of that last bit of the mortgage, and I won’t be stressing so much.”
His winning entry of 10 consecutive numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $10.85 million for draw 1576, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $14.96 million for draw 10586.
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.
In 2021, more than 130.8 million winners took home more than $3.79 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Gold Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno, Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.5 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.