13 June 22

“I can’t stop smiling!”: Glenelg man holidaying in Perth leaves with $200,000 lottery win

Lucky Lotteries
SNAPSHOT
  • Just when a Glenelg man thought his holiday in Perth couldn’t get any better, he nabbed  $200,000 in today’s Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
  • The South Australian resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1576, drawn Monday 13 June 2022.
  • With $200,000 about to land into his bank account, the triumphant traveller said he can’t wait to pay off some of his mortgage.
  • His winning entry of two random numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 13 June 2022 - 3:11 pm,

first published at 13 June 2022 - 3:11 pm

Just when a Glenelg man thought his holiday in Perth couldn’t get any better, he nabbed  $200,000 in today’s Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.

The South Australian resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1576, drawn Monday 13 June 2022.

The gleeful man was about to check out from his holiday accommodation to fly home when he received a winning phone call from The Lott.

“Far out! I’ve won $200,000?” he cheered.

“I had to unpack my suitcase and find my laptop to login to my online The Lott account. I’m at the end of my holiday in Perth. I’m actually about to check out and head home.

“Wow, this is crazy!

“I’m excited, shocked, and ecstatic! What a surprise to end my holiday – maybe Perth is my lucky place.

“I can’t stop smiling!”

With $200,000 about to land into his bank account, the triumphant traveller said he can’t wait to pay off some of his mortgage.

“I’ll be wise and pay off the house mortgage. It will go a long way!” he proclaimed.

His winning entry of two random numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $11.09 million for draw 1577, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $15.61 million for draw 10591.

In 2021, 127 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $32.95 million.

During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by a Coolangatta man who a Mega Jackpot prize of $9.41 million in May.

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 2021, more than 130.8 million winners took home more than $3.79 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday X Lotto, Monday & Wednesday X Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno, Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.

Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.5 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.