14 July 22

"I’m still shaking!" Bokarina man stunned by $100,000 Lucky Lotteries windfall

SNAPSHOT
  • A Bokarina man and his partner admitted they couldn’t stop shaking after discovering their $100,000 Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot bounty.
  • The Sunshine Coast resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10613, drawn Thursday 14 July 2022.
  • The winning man shared that he can’t wait to go on a cruise around Australia with his partner now that Covid-19 restrictions have started to ease.
  • His winning entry of two random numbers was purchased at Kawana News & Gifts, Shop 353 Kawana Shoppingworld, 119 Point Cartwright Road, Buddina.

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 14 July 2022 - 3:44 pm,

first published at 14 July 2022 - 3:44 pm

A Bokarina man and his partner admitted they couldn’t stop shaking after discovering their $100,000 Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot bounty in today’s draw.

The Sunshine Coast resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10613, drawn Thursday 14 July 2022.

The stunned couple were already aware of their good fortune before speaking to The Lott officials this morning, and shared they were bowled over by the incredible win.

“I’m still shaking! I nearly fell over!” the winning man shared.

“I saw the email confirming my win, but I couldn’t see the amount.

“Once I confirmed the amount on The Lott app, I had to run in and tell my missus!

“I haven’t really had a chance to think about what I’ll do with the prize.

“I usually just buy a small entry and tell my partner, ‘I hope we win,’ after I purchase it.

“All our kids have left home and we really enjoy cruises so I think we might try to go on a cruise around Australia, especially now that restrictions have eased!

“This means the world to us. Thank you.”

The winning entry of two random numbers was purchased at Kawana News & Gifts, Shop 353 Kawana Shoppingworld, 119 Point Cartwright Road, Buddina.

Kawana News & Gifts owner Jonathan Milligan said he was overjoyed to have sold the 1st Prize Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot entry.

“We’ve been here for 12 years and this is our first time selling a 1st Prize winning Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot ticket,” he cheered.

“We’ve put up posters and have started sharing our milestone with our customers.

“What a win! I hope it’s made their day or even year!

"A big congratulations to our customer, we hope to sell more winning entries in the future.”

The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $12.05 million for draw 1581, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $18.6 million for draw 10614.

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 Gold Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Gold 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.

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