A Marsden mother is getting into the Christmas spirit early this year after uncovering a merry $150,000 Instant Scratch-Its win.
The Logan local’s winning $10 Christmas Celebration ticket was purchased at Cignall Marsden, Shop 15, Marsden Park Shopping Centre, 57-77 Chambers Flat Road, Marsden.
When an official from The Lott reached out to confirm her prize, the winning woman shared she was still wrapping her head around the enormity of her win.
“I’m still finding it hard to believe!” she cheered.
“I keep thinking I must be dreaming. It just doesn’t feel real.
“I’ve always loved playing Instant Scratch-Its, and I especially love the tickets around Christmas time.
“It’s really nice to have some extra money coming in before Christmas.
“Funny thing is, I won on a ticket called Christmas Celebrations, and that’s exactly what I’ll be using the prize for.
“I’m going to put together an incredible spread with everyone’s favourite things.
“My kids are going to have an unforgettable Christmas!”
In FY24, there were 143 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $12.12 million in top prizes.
During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 26.4 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $249.65 million. This equates to more than half a million winners and more than $4.8 million won on Instant Scratch-Its each week.
Every month, Instant Scratch-Its’ 2nd Chance Draw gives you another chance to turn your eligible non-winning Instant Scratch-Its into a winner. Visit thelott.com to enter this month’s 2nd Chance Draw.
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 FY24, more than 132.8 million winners took home more than $4.4 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Gold 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.