A Harrington Park woman was left “stunned” during her weekly grocery shop after receiving the life-enhancing news she’d won $200,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw.
The Macarthur region resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1688 drawn Tuesday 1 October 2024 and looks forward to a total prize of $201,000.
When officials from The Lott delivered the winning news, the cheery woman joked that she’d never been this happy while grocery shopping before.
“Are you serious?” the winning woman gasped when officials from The Lott revealed her prize.
“Oh my god! That’s unbelievable!
“I’m standing in the grocery store stunned right now.
“Wow! I’m in shock.
“You're not pulling my leg, are you?
“I can’t believe it.
“This is the best news I’ve ever received.
“Can’t say I’ve ever been this happy grocery shopping before!”
With $200,000 set to boost her bank account in the coming month, the ecstatic winner relished the idea of clearing her mortgage and booking an interstate holiday.
“This will help us clear our mortgage,” she said.
“It’s also been a long time since we went on a family holiday. It would be nice to escape somewhere interstate for a little bit.”
The winning woman’s entry of two consecutive numbers was purchased on The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $2.68 million for draw 1689, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $5.18 million for draw 10880.
In FY24, 147 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $53.4 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 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 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 $1.8 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.