Despite having just finished a long workday, a Port Pirie woman has confessed she felt energised, ecstatic and emotional after discovering she’d pocketed $200,000 in yesterday’s Lucky Lotteries draw.
The South Australian held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1701 on Tuesday 29 April 2025.
“I’ve just finished work for the day. I didn’t have any reception, and I’ve only just had the chance to look at my phone and email. Thank you!” the woman cried when speaking to an official from The Lott.
“I’m so happy, I’m in tears! I’m laughing and crying.
“Oh my god! I don’t know what to say. It means a lot to me.
“I don’t always play Lucky Lotteries. This was a bonus ticket I got when I purchased my Powerball ticket, and it turned out to be the luckiest one!
“I’m thinking of buying a block of land for a home and upgrading my old car
“It’s overwhelming. I’m so happy inside. I can’t believe I won it.”
The woman’s winning entry of one random number was from The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $5.8 million for draw 1702, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $16.88 million for draw 10970.
In 2024, 147 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $52.2 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 2024, more than 195.3 million winners took home more than $4.84 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday X 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.