“I’ll Remember This Phone Call Forever”: Eden Woman Welcomes Retirement With Wholesome $200,000 Lottery Win
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An Eden woman has entered retirement in the best way imaginable after receiving a stunning boost of $200,000 thanks to a recent Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
The South Coast resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1585, drawn Thursday 11 August 2022.
When an official from The Lott dialled the New South Wales woman, she didn’t believe the winning news and had to rush down to a newsagency to check her ticket.
“Oh! Oh my god!” she cheered.
“I’ve just rushed to the newsagency to check if it’s true, and it is!
“If I didn’t check the ticket at the newsagency, I’d be up all night wondering if it’s real. I’d get no sleep!
“I’m in a bit of shock. I must pinch myself to check if it’s real.
“I’m visiting Canberra at the moment, and I decided to purchase a ticket while I’m here. Canberra seems to be my lucky place!
“I’m retiring now, and I don’t have a lot of superannuation, so this is just amazing.
“I’ll remember this phone call forever.”
Her winning entry of one random number was purchased at Braddon Newsagency, Shop 2, 32 Mort Street, Braddon.
The Braddon Newsagency team are overjoyed to have sold a 1st Prize winning entry to a visitor passing by and wishes them all the best with their prize.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $13.25 million for draw 1586, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $21.99 million for draw 10640.
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 TattsLotto, 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.
