Rocky retiree's big lotto win
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A Rockhampton retiree is on cloud nine after landing $200,000 in this morning’s Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw, declaring it’s the first time in his life he’s ever won anything.
The Central Queenslander scored the guaranteed 1st Prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1551, drawn Tuesday 23 November 2021.
Straight after the draw, an official from The Lott dialled the winning man, who was left mind-boggled by the life-enhancing news.
“I’ve never won anything in my life! I’m speechless!” he exclaimed.
“This is a very pleasant surprise. I had a few missed calls, and I went straight to check my email. That’s when I saw an email from The Lott about my win.
“I went to check my online The Lott account and there it was, $200,000!
“Lucky Lotteries is my go-to game to play. I purchase tickets once or twice a month.
“I’m going to make a cup of coffee and process all of this.”
When asked how he planned to enjoy his good fortune, the euphoric man said he was too astonished to make any concrete plans at this stage.
“My mind is all over the place right now to think of anything. Fortunately, I do own my house and my car, so there’s no need to pay that off,” he shared.
“Perhaps a short holiday in the future would be nice. We’re a bit limited to where we can go right now!
“Thank you so much.”
His winning entry of two random numbers was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $5.08 million for draw 1552, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $4.53 million for draw 10506.
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 scored 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.
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 the 12 months to 30 June 2021, Australians took home more than 123.7 million prizes worth more than $3.62 billion 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.
