A Kurrajong Heights woman’s workday was completely turned on its head in the best possible way after discovering she had scored $200,000 in the recent Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The New South Wales resident scored the guaranteed 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1657, drawn Tuesday 2 April 2024.
As well as winning the 1st Prize of $200,000, the hardworking woman also scored a consolation prize of $1,000.
“Oh my god! That’s amazing!” she cheered when officials from The Lott called to reveal the winning news.
“Thank you so much. I can’t believe it.
“I’ve won a little bit here and there these past few weeks, but I felt it in my blood that a bigger win was coming.
“I play regularly actually. You’ve got to be in it to win it I always say!
“I’ll have to call my husband. How fantastic. He’ll be shocked.
“This is going to help me more than you know, and in turn, I’ll be able to help my family out so much too.
“I’m at work right now but luckily, I’m off tonight! I’ll most definitely do something to celebrate.
“Oh my god. I don’t know how I’ll remain calm after this. It’s just surreal.”
Her winning entry of six consecutive numbers was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $15.64 million for draw 1658, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $630,001.00 for draw 10845.
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 Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Lotto, 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.