A Kingston man can happily say farewell to renting after receiving a phone call from lottery officials revealing he scored $200,000 in today’s Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The Tasmanian blue-collar worker won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1578, drawn Monday 27 June 2022.
“Are you f****** kidding me? You’ve made my day!” he yelled.
“I’m just driving the work truck now, and I have to pull over or I might have a heart attack!
“I won $4,000 in Powerball last week, and I thought that was awesome. This is even better.
“Some might say I’m on a winning streak. That’s cool!
“This is one way to beat the Monday blues. I can’t believe it.”
When asked how he planned to enjoy his blissful bounty, the Apple Isle winner immediately knew it would go towards his first home.
“That’s a house deposit, for sure! I’ve wanted to buy my very own home for such a long time,” he said.
“I can do it now – sweet!”
His winning entry of 10 random numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $11.57 million for draw 1579, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $16.92 million for draw 10601.
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 TattsLotto, Monday & Wednesday 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.
