After a tough couple of years, a Cessnock woman has revealed she plans to spoil her family with an extravagant feast after she pocketed more than $100,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw.
The Hunter Valley local held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10865, drawn Monday 5 August 2024. She also snagged a consolation prize boosting her total treasure to $102,000.
The winning woman took a little longer to discover the life-enhancing news as her contact details were not up to date.
“I don’t know what to say!” the winning woman exclaimed when officials from The Lott revealed her prize.
“Wow! This is the loveliest surprise after a tough couple of years.
“I’ve been playing Lucky Lotteries occasionally for some time now. I enjoy buying a handful of tickets here and there.
“I’ve always thought it would feel amazing to win something! I always told myself that I’d share half of whatever I win with my children.
“I’m also due for a new car and a coffee machine so this is great timing.
“I can’t wait to get the family all together and celebrate this news over a feast!
“This is so special, thank you!”
The woman’s winning entry of five consecutive numbers was purchased at Cessnock Plaza News & Gifts, Shop 16-17 Cessnock Plaza, 1 Keene Street, Cessnock.
Cessnock Plaza News & Gifts manager Brett King shared the news they’d sold a 1st Prize winning entry was nothing short of exciting.
“We’re all so excited to hear that our outlet played a role in this win,” he said.
“We’ve sold a few 1st Prize winning entries in our time and we couldn’t be prouder to add this one to our tally.
“As soon as I found out the news, I decorated the outlet head to toe, including colourful bunting, balloons and posters.
“We wish our winner all the best with their prize and hope they enjoy life to the fullest.”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $1.96 million for draw 1686, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now over $3.49 million for draw 10867.
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, 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 $1.6 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
