A Moorebank retiree has confessed she was rendered speechless by the shocking revelation she scored $200,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw.
The New South Wales resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1690, drawn Monday 4 November 2024, and took home a total prize of $200,000.
“Are you joking? Is this serious?” she gasped when officials from The Lott confirmed her prize.
“This isn’t some sort of cruel prank, is it?
“Wow! I’m stunned. I’m really stunned.
“I’m not one to keep quiet but this win has me speechless.
“I don’t know what to say.
“I’ve been playing Lucky Lotteries and Powerball for years now, but I never expected I’d win anything.
“Seeing as it’s Halloween time, I thought you were a prank call at first.
“Wow. This is real?! I’m starting to get a bit emotional.
“My husband and I are retired, and we could really do with a boost.
“You’ve made my day! Thank you!”
Her winning entry of one number was purchased at Moorebank Newsagency and Tobacconist, Shop 22-23, Moorebank Shopping Centre, 42 Stockton Avenue Moorebank.
Moorebank Newsagency and Tobacconist owner Steve Eskarous shared that when he discovered his outlet had sold a major prize winning ticket, his heart rate soared with excitement for his customer.
“After a year of running the shop, this is our very first major prize win. This is just the beginning— here’s to many more big winning tickets in the future!” he said.
“Our customers are over the moon to hear a local customer has won big, and it has them hopeful they could be next.
“Congratulations to our special winner! Wishing you all the best on behalf of our team.”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $3.16 million for draw 1691, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $6.48 million for draw 10890.
In FY24, 147 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $53.4 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 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.