An Albany Creek man has been left dumbfounded and lost for words after the revelation he had scored $200,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The Queenslander held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1663, drawn Monday 22 April 2024.
The winning man was completely unaware of his windfall until an official from The Lott called to reveal the incredible news.
“Thank you very much! That’s wonderful!” he laughed.
“I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted!
“Wow! Sorry, my brain’s not working right now.
“My wife is here with me; she’s in shock right now, too. This is amazing.”
When asked how he planned to use his newfound treasure, the joyous man confessed he was too surprised to think of anything immediately.
“Honestly, I don’t even know right now,” he said.
“You’ve caught me completely off guard!
“We are doing some travelling across Australia so perhaps we’ll do something nice while we’re away.”
The winning entry of four random numbers was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $17.08 million for draw 1664, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $1.02 million for draw 10848.
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 Gold Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Gold 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.