Two Newcastle mates struck gold this weekend, discovering their decades-long Lucky Lotteries tradition had led them to a $100,000 win.
The New South Wales residents held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10899, drawn Friday 6 December 2024 and look forward to a total prize of $100,000.
When an official from The Lott confirmed the duo’s prize this morning, one of the cheerful winners shared that he decided to check his ticket after reading a story about a mystery winner in the local paper on Saturday.
“I’m feeling pretty good today!” one of the winning men chuckled.
“It’s been a weekend full of celebrations.
“It started Saturday when I was reading the paper and read an article about a local mystery Lucky Lotteries winner.
“The article reminded me that I had a few tickets in my wallet that I hadn’t checked.
“Lo and behold, I was the mystery ticketholder!
“My best mate and I have been sharing tickets for the last 40 years, so I immediately went over to his house to tell him the incredible news.
“At first, he thought I was pulling his leg and wouldn’t believe me.
“Then I came home and shared the news with my wife, and she also didn’t believe me.
“We all feel very lucky to experience a win like this and make some of our dreams come true. Thank you for the call!”
Their winning entry was purchased at newsXpress Jewells, Shops 20-21, Jewellstown Plaza, 75 Ntaba Road, Jewells.
newsXpress Jewells owner James Cairns said he was over the moon to hear his outlet had sold a 1st Prize winning entry worth $100,000.
“It’s very exciting to hear we’ve been a part of someone’s major lottery win,” he shared.
“We’ve sold a number of 1st Prize and division one wins over the years, and each one is just as thrilling.
“We wish our winner a Merry Christmas, and all the best with their prize!”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $3.40 million for draw 1692, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $7.78 million for draw 10900.
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.