A Ramsgate man is looking to trade his nine-to-five workdays for a life of leisure after he pocketed more than $200,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw.
The South Sydney resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1685, drawn Monday 12 August 2024. He also snagged a consolation prize boosting his total win to $201,000.
When officials from The Lott called to confirm the life-enhancing prize, the winning man shared he’d woken up with a knot in his stomach, convinced he’d be receiving some sort of big news that day.
“Oh my god! You’re joking?” he gasped.
“Tell me I’m not dreaming!
“I woke up with a funny feeling in my stomach this morning, I could just feel something was going to happen today.
“This is the best possible news I could’ve got!
“I’ve been thinking about retirement recently and I think this prize will help me accelerate that process.
“I’m getting older and there’s still so many places I want to travel to and explore.
“I can’t wait to share the news with my family.
“Thank you so much!”
The man’s winning entry of two consecutive numbers was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $1.96 million for draw 1686, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now over $3.49 million for draw 10867.
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 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.
