Lottery officials are hoping to make today a whole lot brighter for one Dandenong resident who won $200,000 in the most recent Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw – but first, they need to check their ticket and discover their winning news.
The Melbournian player won the 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1536, drawn Thursday 17 June 2021.
The ticket is unregistered, so officials from The Lott have no way of contacting the winner to break the news and must wait for them to come forward to claim their prize.
The winning entry was purchased Palm Plaza Lotto, 49 McCrea Street, Dandenong.
Palm Plaza Lotto owner Sineth Sar said she couldn’t be happier for the winner, especially during the current lockdown.
“This is great news! It’s a very good prize,” she exclaimed.
“Most of our customers who come through to purchase Lucky Lotteries tickets are regulars.
“This prize is adding to our winning streak of 37 major prize wins over 20 years. We believe our store has the ‘magic touch’.
“We were recently given an award for our large number of winners, and we received the best local store prize.
“In Victoria, it has been very hard with COVID-19. We do a lot of fundraising in the community, and we believe in good karma.
“We would like to say congratulations to the winner. We’re so happy for them and wish them all the best. This money can help their family during this difficult time for everyone!”
The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell said she was hoping to unite the latest Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot winner with their life-changing prize.
“With the power outage occurring unprecedently in Dandenong today, it would be nice to reveal the exciting news to the mystery winner. I hope it would make their day a whole lot brighter!” she said.
“There’s a possibility this winner is going by their day as normal with no idea they’ve just won a whopping $200,00! Can you imagine finishing the financial year with a win? How amazing!
“We’re urging all players who are holding a Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot ticket purchased from Palm Plaza Lotto to check their tickets as soon as possible.
“If you discover you are holding the winning Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot ticket, contact The Lott on 131 868 to begin the process of claiming your exciting prize.
“It’s also a great reminder to players to register their tickets to a player card or online account. That way, we can reach out directly if there’s a major prize win.”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $1.480 for draw 1537, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $6.48 million for draw 10472.
In 2020, 141 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $48.61 million.
During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by an Ermington woman who a Mega Jackpot prize of $11.73 million in January.
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.
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