An Alstonville man has emerged from a midday nap to discover the ‘mind-boggling’ news that he’d won a Lucky Lotteries prize for the third time, this time taking home $200,000.
The northern New South Wales resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1686, drawn Thursday 29 August 2024, and looks forward to a total prize of $200,000.
The New South Welshman first scored $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10460, drawn 13 May 2021, followed by a $200,000 win in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1586, drawn Tuesday 16 August 2022.
The astonished man confessed he never thought it was possible to win the lottery three times and found the situation so surreal he couldn’t help but laugh.
“I still can’t believe it!” the winning man gasped.
“It’s a bit of a strange story because this isn’t my first time winning a major lottery prize.
“The other day I walked past the newsagent and noticed they had a sign up looking for an unregistered Lucky Lotteries winner. In that moment, I thought to myself, ‘I hope the prize goes to someone good and deserving’.
“Later that day when I woke up from a nap the thought crossed my mind to check my tickets.
“I was completely shocked when I saw I had won again! I couldn’t believe it!
“I’ve already won Lucky Lotteries twice now, so a third time just seemed crazy!
“After a little bit, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“The craziest part of this story is that my winning ticket was a free bonus ticket from a previous draw.
“Winning three times is mind-boggling!”
With $200,000 soon to boost his bank account, the hard-working man shared he wanted to lend a helping hand to his friends doing it tough at the moment.
“I’m not really an extravagant person. I’ve got everything I need,” he shared.
“I always try to help others as much as possible, and this time around I want to help a friend doing it tough.
“As for myself, I wouldn’t mind taking some time off work and going on a holiday.”
The man’s winning ticket was a free bonus entry he received from another ticket purchased at Alstonville Newsagency, Shop 2 79-83 Main Street, Alstonville.
Alstonville Newsagency owners Ray and Maree Smith shared they were very excited to hear they’d sold a 1st Prize winning ticket worth $200,000.
“Only three weeks ago we sold a division one winning ticket in Saturday Lotto, so I guess you could say we’re on a winning streak!” he said.
“Our customers are very excited to hear our small community is getting some big wins.
“A massive congratulations to our special winner on behalf of the entire Alstonville Newsagency team."
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $2.20 million for draw 1687, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $4.27 million for draw 10873.
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.
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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.