Forget the wedding registry, a Seaview Downs couple can’t wait to spoil their son and future daughter-in-law on their wedding day with their $100,000 win in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot.
The South Australians won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10604, drawn Monday 4 July 2022.
“Woah, what a surprise!” the winning man cheered when an official from The Lott confirmed their win.
“I had a couple of missed calls earlier, and I’m guessing it was you! I couldn’t answer the phone as I was driving.
“We’re on an interstate holiday at the moment, so this has just made our trip even better!”
While the elated man believed the winning news immediately, his wife took a little more convincing and asked to speak directly with lottery officials.
“It’s real?! Oh my god! I’m breathless!” she added.
“I kept telling him, ‘Make sure you confirm this isn’t a prank’. How marvellous! I can’t believe it.”
When asked how they planned to enjoy their $100,000 windfall, the happy duo shared it would go towards their son’s wedding.
“Our son is tying the knot soon with his fiancé, so we will help them out with the wedding!” the winning husband explained.
“Otherwise, we’ll set aside the prize and put it towards our nest egg.”
Their 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 $11.81 million for draw 1580, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $17.44 million for draw 10605.
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 X 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.