An Emu Plains woman has admitted she’s barely slept a wink since discovering she scored $100,000 on an Instant Scratch-Its ticket.
The New South Wales resident purchased her top prize-winning $5 Instant Scratch-Its ticket from Lennox Newsagency, Shops 18 & 19, 219-249 Great Western Hwy, Emu Plains.
Speaking to an official from The Lott, the winning woman shared she was over the moon with her win and couldn’t wait to boost her retirement plans.
“Now I know it’s really true, I feel great!” she laughed.
“I’ve been freaking out, worried that it’s a mistake.
“I haven’t slept for nights. I’ve been so bloody shocked and excited!
“I don’t play very often. Every couple of weeks, I’ll buy a ticket or two.
“I might win $7 or $12. I won $75 once but that was years ago, so when I scratched $100,000, I was just in disbelief.
“We’re retired so it’s going to be a huge help! It’s just such relief really.
“We’re going on holiday today so after I do some washing and we’re all packed, we can finally let it sink in.
“Thank you so much!”
The Lennox Newsagency team were thrilled to have sold a top prize-winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket and wished their customer all the best with their prize.
In FY24, there were 143 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $12.12 million in top prizes.
During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 26.4 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $249.65 million. This equates to more than half a million winners and more than $4.8 million won on Instant Scratch-Its each week.
Every month, Instant Scratch-Its’ 2nd Chance Draw gives you another chance to turn your eligible non-winning Instant Scratch-Its into a winner. Visit thelott.com to enter this month’s 2nd Chance Draw.
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 FY24, more than 132.8 million winners took home more than $4.4 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including select game name, 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.