A Pittsworth man has been left in a state of shock after realising his free bonus Lucky Lotteries ticket had bagged him an incredible $100,000 windfall.
The Darling Downs player won the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10595, drawn Monday 21 June 2022. He scored the $100,000 1st Prize, plus a $1,000 consolation prize.
Confirming his win with an official from The Lott, the stunned man revealed his winning ticket was his first ever Lucky Lotteries entry.
“You’re kidding!” he yelled.
“Yippee! This is absolutely unbelievable.
“I almost forgot I had that ticket sitting in my wallet. Thanks for reminding me!
“You have no idea how much this is going to help me.
“I’m retired so it’s going to be a huge boost. I’m also going on a holiday later in the year and was budgeting for that so I don’t have to worry anymore.
“I’ve never won anything so it’s going to take some time for this to sink in.
”One hundred thousand dollars! You little ripper!”
His life-enhancing entry of two consecutive numbers was from Pittsworth Newsagency, 57 Yandilla Street, Pittsworth.
The Pittsworth Newsagency team said they were over the moon to have delivered a 1st Prize win to one of their customers and wished him all the best for the future.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $11.33 million for draw 1578, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $16.27 million for draw 10596.
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 Gold Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Gold 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.
