A Fairfield Heights woman has scratched her way to success, turning her five-year tradition of buying an Instant Scratch-Its ticket every Wednesday into a thrilling $100,000 top prize win.
The top prize-winning $5 Cash Word Countries Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Fairfield Heights Newsagency, 251 The Boulevarde, Fairfield Heights.
The jubilant mum was still buzzing with excitement when an official from The Lott called her to confirm her life-enhancing prize.
“I’m still a bit shocked. It’s about time I won something!” she laughed.
“It’s a little ritual I do every Wednesday when I get paid. I head to the newsagency and treat myself to an Instant Scratch-Its ticket. It’s a mid-week pick-me-up I’ve been doing for about five years!
“It’s quite funny because I was holding onto this ticket for a few days with no idea that it was a top prize winner.
“My son inspired my tradition. He bought a ticket one day, and I thought, ‘I’ll play too.’ You should have seen his face when I told him I’d won. He didn’t believe me until I showed him the proof!
“When I first scratched the ticket, there was a lot of swearing I won’t repeat!”
When asked how she planned to use her newfound treasure, the chirpy woman was too stunned to make any immediate decisions.
“I don’t know yet! Everyone keeps asking me, but I have no clue,” she said.
“I think we’ll have a celebration for Christmas. I’ll be able to spoil everyone.”
The Fairfield Heights Newsagency team said they were thrilled to have sold a top prize-winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket and wished the winner all the best with their prize.
In FY24, there were 143 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $12.12 million in top prizes.
During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 26.4 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $249.65 million. This equates to more than half a million winners and more than $4.8 million won on Instant Scratch-Its each week.
Every month, Instant Scratch-Its’ 2nd Chance Draw gives you another chance to turn your eligible non-winning Instant Scratch-Its into a winner. Visit thelott.com to enter this month’s 2nd Chance Draw.
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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.