A Port Stephens resident has had her lunch happily interrupted by the revelation she’d won a tasty $200,000 prize in the recent Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The Hunter Region resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1581, drawn on 18 July 2022.
Confirming the win with an official from The Lott, the winning woman confessed she’d suddenly lost her appetite.
“I was enjoying some roast pork and vegetables for lunch but now I feel I’ve got butterflies in my stomach!” she laughed.
“You’re going to make me get emotional! This really is amazing!
“It’s definitely not how you expect to start the week, but it’s definitely made my day.
“We have family overseas so the first thing we’ll do is book tickets to go and visit them.
“Then who knows! I’ll have to have a think about what I’d like to do after that.
“It’s going to provide some security for the future.
“Thank you so much for this wonderful news.”
The woman’s winning entry of five consecutive numbers was purchased at Raymond Terrace Newsagency, Shop 9, Raymond Terrace Marketplace, 35-39 William Street, Raymond Terrace.
Raymond Terrace Newsagency owners Brett and Michelle Sweeney said they were over the moon to have sold a 1st Prize winning entry.
“This is excellent news! What a wonderful thing to discover,” Brett said.
“It’s been a few years since we last sold a major prize-winning entry, so this has made our day.
“We’d like to wish the winner all the best for the future and hope they have a fantastic time with their winnings.”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $12.29 million for draw 1582, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $19.05 million for draw 10617.
In 2021, 127 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $32.95 million.
During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by a Coolangatta man who a Mega Jackpot prize of $9.41 million in May.
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 2021, more than 130.8 million winners took home more than $3.79 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno, Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.5 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
