A Cessnock man has confessed he initially thought his $100,000 lottery win was too good to be true, until he received the life-enhancing call confirming his prize.
The Hunter Valley local held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10918, drawn Tuesday 21 January 2025, and looks forward to a total prize of $100,000.
The winning man had checked his online account moments before The Lott reached out to confirm his prize, leaving him stunned and in absolute disbelief.
“Wow! I’d just checked my account before you called,” he said.
“I thought my phone must’ve been glitching or something when it said I’d won $100,000!
“It seemed too good to be true.
“I’m so stoked.
“Every now and then I’ll play a few different games.
“I’ve had one of the most stressful weeks, and I’ve been pushing myself so hard—this is just the best news.
“My brain is all fluff right now.”
With $100,000 soon to boost his bank account, the winning man shared he’d look to book an overseas holiday and buy a new set of wheels.
“Oh, I’ll definitely look to book a getaway at some point,” he said.
“It’s a bit hard to think clearly right now.
“I’d also love to buy a new car.”
His winning entry of 10 random numbers was purchased on The Lott website – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $4.12 million for draw 1695, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $10.25 million for draw 10919.
In FY24, 147 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $53.4 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 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.