A Cooktown woman has been left in shock and tears after learning the Instant Scratch-Its ticket she initially won $50,000 on was worth a staggering $500,000.
The Far North Queenslander’s winning $20 Diamond 7’s Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Holloways Pop-Up Convenience, Shop 3, 149-153 Holloways Beach Access Road, Holloways Beach.
When an official from The Lott reached out and confirmed her win, the winning woman was beaming with joy; sharing the half-a-million-dollar prize would be “life-changing”.
“This is a massive surprise!” she cried.
“Did you just say $500,000?! Oh my god!
“Are you kidding?! Holly hell!
“I thought I’d won $50,000 and that was crazy.
“Half a million dollars is going to be life-changing. I can’t hold back the tears.
“I think it’s going to take me a while to process the news. I can’t stop shaking.
“I’ve always wanted a house of my own and now I’ll finally be able to buy somewhere.”
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 Saturday Gold 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.
