Almost three weeks after the winning numbers were drawn, a Birtinya man was floored to discover he’d pocketed a $100,000 Lucky Lotteries prize at the start of the month.
The Sunshine Coast resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10954, drawn Thursday 3 April 2025.
When an official from The Lott called to confirm the winning news, the longtime player shared he was still overwhelmed and completely blown away by his win.
“I’ve been pretty excited! It’s pretty amazing!” he said when an official from The Lott called to confirm his win.
“I’ve been in total shock and surprise since I checked the ticket at the newsagent.
“I can’t believe it took me so long to check my ticket. I was completely oblivious beforehand.
“I usually register all my entries, but this one was a quick entry I bought in a rush with some spare change.
“It wasn’t until I was clearing out my wallet the other day that I thought I should check my tickets.
“When I got the newsagency to check this one, they said, ‘It looks like you’ve won something big’, and I said back to the guy, ‘You’ve got to be sh*tting me!’.
“I was completely blown away and shocked.
“There are a few things we want to do with the money. We’ll start by organising a holiday!”
His winning entry was purchased at Birtinya News & Gifts, Shop 2, Stockland Birtinya, 8 The Avenue, Birtinya.
Birtinya News & Gifts owner Jono Milligan shared he was excited to hear his outlet had sold their first major prize-winning entry worth $100,000.
“We were so excited to hear that a customer won $100,000 on a ticket purchased here,” he said.
“It's the first major prize-winning ticket we’ve ever sold since opening the store six years ago!
“We’re stoked that the winner has come forward and can now start enjoying their prize.
“On behalf of the entire team, we wish our winner a big congratulations and hope they have a great year celebrating!”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $ 5.56 million LLMJ prize for draw 1701, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $16.49 million for draw 10968.
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.
