An Ingleburn woman who’s played the lottery for decades almost missed the life-enhancing news that she’d bagged $200,000 in yesterday’s Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The south-west Sydneysider held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1743, drawn Tuesday 16 December 2025 and looks forward to a sweet $200,000 prize.
Despite initially being sceptical of lottery officials, the winning woman was overjoyed to discover she’d won a major prize.
“Hang on a minute. Did you say you’re calling from The Lott? Oh my!” she questioned when an official from The Lott called.
“I’m extremely happy with $200,000 - that’s just great!
“I’m not going to lie, I was very close to hanging up on you, so I’m lucky I didn’t.
“I’ve never won anything in my entire life. It’s all very exciting.
“I’ve been playing Lotto since I was young, it’s been decades now. This call feels like a long time coming.
“I’m about to start some renovations at my house, so the money will come very in handy.
“I’ll put the rest in savings and watch it grow.”
Her winning entry of two random numbers was purchased at Ingleburn Fair Newsagency, Shop T17, Ingleburn Village Shopping Centre, 100 Macquarie Road, Ingleburn.
Ingleburn Fair Newsagency owner Mahesh Rabadia shared he was thrilled to discover he’d sold a $200,000 winning ticket just in time for Christmas.
“I was in the middle of serving a regular customer when the memo flashed across my screen saying we’d sold a Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot major prize-winning entry. The customer and I were so excited to hear the news!” he explained.
“We’ll be doing our part to spread the good news throughout our community, and we’ll decorate the store to celebrate.
“Since I took over the store four years ago, we’ve been able to sell four major prize-winning entries, and we hope we can sell many more.
“Christmas is approaching fast, so I believe the winner will be excited to share the news with their friends and family. We hope they can use it for their Christmas celebrations and beyond.
“We wish our winner all the best and hope the win is life-changing for them.”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $18.88 million for draw 1744, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $2.06 million for draw 11052.
In FY25, 182 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot Prize winning entries across Australia won more than $20.5 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.
