A Budgewoi resident or visitor is flying through the week with more reasons to smile after they scored $100,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw – though they may not know it yet.
The Central Coast player held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 11040, drawn Monday 22 September 2025. They can look forward to a total prize of $100,000.
If the mystery winner had registered their entry to The Lott Members Club, they would have already been alerted to their good fortune. Instead, lottery officials are eagerly waiting for the ticketholder to come forward to claim their prize.
The winning entry was purchased at Budgewoi Newsagency, 77 Scenic Drive Budgewoi.
Budgewoi Newsagency owner Venugopal Kunamneni said he and his team were very happy to have sold a 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries.
"This is fantastic! We last sold a 1st Prize ticket in May 2022, so we're thrilled to have another major prize winner," he said.
"We're spreading the excitement to customers and have put up posters in the store announcing the win.
“Congratulations to the mystery winner and we’re so happy for you! Have fun and enjoy the winning moment.”
The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell said she hoped the region’s latest major lottery prize winner checked their winning ticket soon.
“Someone is most likely walking around completely oblivious to the fact they won the 1st Prize in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw,” she said.
“We’re urging anyone who purchased a Lucky Lotteries ticket from Budgewoi Newsagency to check their tickets as soon as possible because they could be the mystery winner we’re searching for!
“Can you imagine how exciting it would be to discover you’ve taken home $100,000? Your plans for the rest of 2025 and beyond could change in a heartbeat.
“Make sure you check your tickets, and if you do discover that you are holding the winning ticket, contact The Lott on 131 868 to begin the process of claiming your prize.”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $13.36 million for draw 1721, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $630,001 for draw 11041.
In FY25, 182 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot Prize winning entries across Australia won more than $20.5 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 FY25, more than 123.8 million winners took home more than $4.1 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 $1.66 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education. As part of its commitment to supporting the community, The Lott proudly supports Play For Purpose, the not-for-profit charity raffle that gives Australians the chance to win while helping more than 500 causes across the country.
