A Kurri Kurri mum admitted she erupted into a laughing fit when she scratched an Instant Scratch-Its ticket she received as a Mother’s Day gift and revealed one of the top prizes of $10,000.
The top prize winning $1 Win Pigs Fly ticket was purchased at Kurri Kurri Newsagency, 132 Lang Street, Kurri Kurri.
This morning an official from the Lott spoke to the woman, who relayed the moment she realised the ticket she had been gifted was worth $10,000.
“It was a Mother’s Day gift,” she explained.
“I completely forgot I had received it, so it wasn’t until the other night that I found out it was a winner.
“I was sitting down watching some TV, relaxing and decided to scratch the ticket then.
“I realised straight away that I won $10,000.
“I was very happy!
“I think I went into a bit of a laughing fit. It felt like I was laughing for hours.”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her instant windfall, the overjoyed woman said she couldn’t wait to cook up a big feast to celebrate with her family.
“I think I will get a few new cooking appliances that I have been seeing on TV. I have wanted to get a few new things for a while,” she said.
“Then I can cook something really lovely for my family to celebrate.”
Kurri Kurri Newsagency co-owner Yan Zhang said he was celebrating selling a top prize winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket.
“What fantastic news,” he said.
“I can only imagine how excited our winner was when she scratched the ticket.
“That’ll be a Mother’s Day gift she won’t ever forget!
“We hope she enjoys her prize and can do something really nice to spoil herself.
“Hopefully we have some more major wins in store soon! Good luck to all of our customers!”
In 2019, there were 199 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across the Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $9.7 million in top prizes.
During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 27.1 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $208.8 million. This equates to more than half a million dollars won on Instant Scratch-Its every day.
