A Seaforth man initially thought he was being pranked when officials from The Lott contacted him to confirm he’d won $100,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw.
The Mackay resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10860 drawn Thursday 11 July 2024.
“Is this a prank? he laughed.
“I’m a bit subdued to answer numbers that I don’t know in this day and age.
“The Lott app is lighting up with confetti. Wow!
“That’s unreal! That’s bloody beautiful news.
“I enjoy playing regularly, but to be honest I don’t check my tickets all that often. If you hadn’t called, I would’ve been walking around clueless for days.
“This is the most substantial amount I’ve ever won.
“I’m very happy I decided to pick up the phone.”
When asked how he planned to use his prize, the North Queenslander had a few ideas in mind, including a family holiday and supporting his loved ones.
"This will go down a treat as we have a family holiday coming up very soon,” he shared.
“I think this calls for a holiday upgrade, something special that we’ll remember forever.
“I would also love to help some family in need.”
The man’s entry of one random number was purchased on via The Lott app– the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $1.48 million for draw 1684, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now over $2.7 million for draw 10861.
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, 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 $1.6 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.