25 June 21

“This is insane!”: Young McLaren Vale tradie to clock off from work early to celebrate $6.7 million Lucky Lotteries win

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  • The news of a life-changing $6.7 million lottery win has sent a young McLaren Vale tradie into a spin, declaring he’d be clocking off from work early to celebrate his overwhelming Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize.
  • The South Australian man held the Jackpot Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10474, drawn Friday 25 June 2021. He takes home $6,740,000.
  • The generous dad plans to use his windfall to buy his first home and a caravan, travel around Australia with his young family, and invest the rest for his family’s future.
  • The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his entry of 10 random numbers from thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.

By Anna Hobdell

Updated 28 June 2021 - 6:21 am,

first published at 25 June 2021 - 1:57 pm

The news of a life-changing $6.7 million lottery win has sent a young McLaren Vale tradie into a spin, declaring he’d be clocking off from work early to celebrate his overwhelming Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize.

The South Australian man held the Jackpot Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10474, drawn Friday 25 June 2021. He takes home $6,740,000.00.

When an official from The Lott called the hardworking man this afternoon to break the life-changing news, he was busy at work and oblivious to the fact he had just won a multi-million-dollar prize.

“You are kidding me!” he laughed.

“This isn’t a wind up, is it? Are you sure you’re not one of my mates pulling my leg?

“Hell yeah! Bloody oath! This is huge!

“No way! Oh my god! Bloody hell! Crap! This is insane!

“I saw all of these missed calls and then I thought ‘well someone clearly wants me’. I am glad I answered this call.

“It’s just beautiful. This is unbelievable!

“I can’t wait to call my wife and tell her this news! Mate, she is going to be blown away.

“I am sure she will ask me to finish up for the day so we can have a few drinks to celebrate.”

When asked how he planned to enjoy his multi-million-dollar win, the young father said he was struggling to comprehend the life-changing news.

“Oh god, I need a bit of time to process this,” he admitted.

“I can’t believe I am a multi-millionaire!

“We have always rented, so it means we can finally buy ourselves a home.

“We’ve always wanted to travel lots as well, and since we can’t go overseas, we might get ourselves a caravan and take our young family around Australia.

“The rest we will save for the future and for our kids.”

The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his entry of 10 random numbers from thelott.com – Australia’s official lotteries.

The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $1.48 million for draw 1537, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $500,000 for draw 10475.

In 2020, 141 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $48.61 million.

During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by an Ermington woman who a Mega Jackpot prize of $11.73 million in January.

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 home of Australia’s Official Lotteries, The Lott operates and markets Australia’s leading lottery games customers know and love creating everyday winners, winning every day.