A Hampton woman has confessed she has experienced the ultimate ray of hope heading into the New Year after scratching her way to a $100,000 Instant Scratch-Its win.
The victorious Victorian’s winning $5 Cash Path Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Caulfield Park Lotto, 118 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North.
When an official from The Lott confirmed the winning news, the gleeful winner shared that she hadn’t stopped pinching herself in sheer disbelief since scratching the winning ticket.
“We’re just so happy!” the winning woman cried.
“This feels like the ultimate cheer-up before the end of the year. It honestly feels like a miracle!
“My husband and I have been gifting each other Instant Scratch-Its tickets for years now.
“We enjoy scratching away together, and we’re always grateful to win anything.
“We keep pinching ourselves to check we aren’t dreaming.
“We’ve been going through some very tough times this year with ongoing health issues.
“This couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s going to life-changing for us.
“This gives us hope that 2025 will be a better year.
“Thank you so much!”
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 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 $1.8 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
