A Ripley man close to retirement has received the best shock of his life after discovering he scored $100,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw.
The Queensland resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10854, drawn Thursday 6 June 2024.
When he checked his winning ticket, the stunned man confessed he first thought he’d won just $1,000 and was oblivious to the magnitude of his win.
“It wasn’t until I looked at my ticket again that I thought to myself, ‘Hang on a moment! I’ve actually won $100,000!’,” he cheered.
“Wow! I wasn’t expecting that!
“My wife just overheard me and she is jumping for joy.
“That’s such great news.”
With $100,000 soon to bless the joyful couple's bank account, the cheery husband had a few initial thoughts on how they’d use the win.
“My wife and I are close to retirement so this has really come at a good time,” he shared.
“We will use some of it for our mortgage.
“I’m still in shock but I know it will give us a boost for sure.
“I really don’t know what to do with myself right now.
“I’m absolutely rapt. Thank you so much.”
His winning entry of 10 random numbers was purchased via The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $20.6 million for draw 1679, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now over $1.9 million for draw 10855.
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 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 $1.6 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
