Bonnet Bay man thought Lottery win email was spam
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A Bonnet Bay man almost deleted the email informing him he won $100,000 in the recent Lucky Lotteries draw when he thought it was spam.
In fact, he had won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10485, drawn on Monday, August 23.
His winning entry of 10 consecutive numbers was purchased at Sutherland Newsagency, 796 Old Princes Highway, Sutherland.
As well as winning the 1st Prize, the New South Wales man also won a consolation prize of $1,000, boosting his total windfall to $101,000.
"I received an email to notify me that I won a major lottery prize, but I thought it was a scam," he said.
"I was close to blocking the email, until I realised it had a logo and other features that made me think, 'this might be real'.
"My wife and I were inspecting the email closely, which led us to looking up the phone number of The Lott to see if it matched. My wife couldn't believe it.
"I've been purchasing lottery tickets for close to 50 years. This win is quite an exceptional prize in comparison to my previous wins!
"It came as a complete surprise. I'm not sure how I will celebrate the win at this point, but I know the prize will mostly go towards house improvements and maybe travel in the future," he said.
"My wife and I had plans to go on certain trips previously, when overseas countries open up, of course."
His winning entry of 10 consecutive numbers was purchased at Sutherland Newsagency,796 Old Princes Highway, Sutherland.
Sutherland Newsagencyteam member Eileen Baker said it was the first Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize entry the newsagency has ever sold.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $2.68 million for draw 1542, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $1.93 million for draw 10486.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, 136 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $46.09 million.
During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by a Coolangatta man who won a Mega Jackpot prize of $9.41 million in May 2021.
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.
