A hardworking Rockhampton woman finished her workday with a bang yesterday, discovering she’d won $200,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries draw.
The Central Queensland resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1699, drawn Thursday 27 March 2025.
The stunned winner shared she was set to retire next year, adding the win couldn’t come at a better time.
“I’m still in shock. It’s a lot to process!” the winning woman said when an official from The Lott confirmed her prize.
“I was just finishing up work for the day when I received your email telling me to check my tickets.
“I noticed I had a missed call from you too, and I thought to myself, somebody from The Lott wouldn’t call for just any old reason.
“So, I logged into my online account and checked my ticket. My heart started to race straight away.
“Wow! I was in a lot of shock.
“I’ve been playing Lucky Lotteries since the very beginning, so it felt very surreal to win.
“The money has come at a great time as I’m planning to retire from my job next year.
“It feels like an early retirement gift.”
Her winning entry of two random numbers was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $5.32 million for draw 1700, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $14.41 million for draw 10951.
In 2024, 147 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $52.2 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 2024, more than 195.3 million winners took home more than $4.84 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.