An Ormeau man has revealed he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him when he checked his Instant Scratch-Its ticket and realised he’d scratched a $150,000 top prize win.
The Gold Coast resident’s winning $10 Connect Crosswords ticket was purchased at Ormeau Village Newsagency, Shop 6, 37-59 Eggersdorf Road, Ormeau.
When an official from The Lott reached out to confirm his prize, the winning man shared that playing a Crosswords Instant Scratch-Its ticket each week had become his favourite ritual over the years
“It still hasn’t sunk in!” he shared.
“It’s a pretty good feeling knowing I have $150,000 coming my way. I can’t believe I’m saying that out loud.
“I’ve been buying one Crosswords ticket a week for ages now.
“It’s become my favourite weekly ritual – a quiet drink and a Crosswords ticket.
“Once I realised, I’d won something, I think I checked my ticket about 50 times. I just couldn’t believe my eyes.
“I rang up my best mate and told him to get over to my place to help me check it.
“It was really something special.
“Once I get the money, I might just book myself a holiday.”
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.
