A St Helens Park woman decided to scratch a couple of Instant Scratch-Its tickets she’d recently purchased during a restless night — only to discover a dreamy top prize win worth $25,000.
The Campbelltown resident’s $2 Bucks Beach Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased from Bonnyrigg Plaza Newsagent, Shop 22, Bonnyrigg Plaza Shopping Centre, 100 Bonnyrigg Avenue, Bonnyrigg.
When an official from The Lott called to confirm her instant windfall, the gleeful winner shared she’d initially thought she’d won $2,500 and was stunned to discover she’d actually won $25,000.
“I’m feeling very good today!” she cheered.
“This whole experience has been completely unexpected.
"I couldn't sleep on Saturday night, it was just past midnight and to pass the time, I decided to scratch some Instant Scratch-Its tickets I had lying around the house.
“I won’t lie, I have a tendency of purchasing tickets and completely forgetting about them.
“It was on my third Instant Scratch-Its ticket that I discovered the win.
“I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t sure if I was just tired and not thinking straight.
“At first, I thought I’d won $2,500 and not the full $25,000.
“I was breathless when I realised I’d won the top prize.
“It still hasn’t sunk in! Thank you very much!”
Bonnyrigg Plaza Newsagent owner Jessie shared she couldn’t be happier to hear a local customer has been rewarded with a top prize win worth $25,000.
“We feel ecstatic! We couldn’t be happier to hear we sold a top prize-winning ticket,” she said.
“We’ve been patiently waiting for a top prize Instant Scratch-Its win. It’s been nearly three years since we last experienced a major win at our outlet, so we felt it was time.
“Our customers are feeling extra lucky and hoping it will be them next.
“Best of luck to our top prize winner! We hope you can put your prize to good use and have an extra special Valentine’s Day.”
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 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.
