A Fairfield woman can’t stop smiling and has declared the universe has her back after scoring $200,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The Victorian resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1673 on Friday 24 May 2024.
The stunned winner initially ignored calls from The Lott last Friday, believing they were a scam.
“That’s amazing! I can’t believe it!” she exclaimed when she finally took the call about her $200,000 win.
“I got your message, and I thought it had to be a scam. There are so many around at the moment.
“Then I checked my online account and holy! That’s enormous.
“I can’t wipe the smile off my face!
“I’m at work but I have to knock off early. This is too exciting.
“If anyone asks why I’m so happy, I’ll have to say, ‘Because it’s Friday!’.
“I’m not a weekly player. I play every so often when there’s a big jackpot. I saw Powerball was getting big, so I decided to play a couple of different games.
“I always figure I can’t control how things go. If I’m meant to win, the universe will make it happen when it happens.
“I’ll be able to put a fair chunk to the mortgage and maybe use some to celebrate!
“Thank you so much!”
Her winning entry of eight random numbers was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $19.72 million for draw 1675, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $1.67 million for draw 1675.
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 TattsLotto, 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.
