A Taylors Hill woman has vowed nothing will stop her from living her life to the fullest after winning a sensational Instant Scratch-Its top prize of $1,000 a week for the next five years.
The top prize-winning $5 Live the Life Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Magic Lotto & Gifts, Kiosk 31, Watergardens Town Centre, 399 Melton Highway, Taylors Lakes.
When an official from The Lott contacted the winning woman days after she claimed her prize, she was still buzzing with excitement over her annuity windfall.
“I’m feeling extra good today!” the winning woman cheered.
“I’ve been buying Live the Life Instant Scratch-Its tickets for a while now. I’ve always thought it would be an amazing prize to win.
“I’ll get to continue celebrating the win every week for the next five years.
“It’s going to give our life a big upgrade and allow us to live life to the fullest.
“We’ve already decided that we’ll start with a house extension and a new car.
“It’s going to be an extra special Christmas! Thank you!”
Magic Lotto & Gifts manager Garry Sharples shared he was excited to hear his outlet had sold a top prize-winning Instant Scratch-Its worth $260,000.
“We’re very excited and a little surprised to hear we’ve sold a top prize winning Live the Life ticket,” he said.
“Our customers are over the moon to hear a local player has won such a great prize.
“We wish our winner a huge congratulations and all the best for the new year.”
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.
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 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 TattsLotto, 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.
