A Sans Souci man has struggled to find the words to describe how he was feeling after discovering he’d won an incredible $100,000 in this morning’s Lucky Lotteries draw.
The Southern Sydney resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10630, drawn on Tuesday 2 August 2022.
Confirming his win with an official from The Lott, the man confessed he couldn’t wait to share the prize with his nearest and dearest.
“Wow, wow, wow! This is crazy!” he exclaimed.
“I’m honestly speechless. What has just happened?
“I never purchase entries expecting to win, but I know you have to be in it to win it.
“I don’t even know what I’ll do with it. It’s not enough to pay off my home loan, but I might treat my family to an overseas holiday.
“A trip to Disneyland for the kids would be incredible.
“It’s a chance to do something crazy, something that we’ll remember for a lifetime!
“I think creating memories like that is one of the greatest gifts I can give to my family.
“Thank you so much. I need to call my partner and tell her now!”
His winning entry of 10 random numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $12.77 million for draw 1584, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $20.95 million for draw 10632.
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.