“Things Like This Don’t Happen To Me!”: House Hunting On The Cards For Bathurst Man After $100,000 Lottery Win
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A Bathurst man can’t wait to begin the search for his dream home after taking home an exhilarating $100,000 prize in today’s Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw.
The Central Tablelands resident won the guaranteed 1st Prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10617, drawn Tuesday 19 July 2022.
Straight after the draw, officials from The Lott dialled the hard-working man who was busy at work and was left frazzled by the revelation of his bounty.
“Wow, it’s perfect!” he said.
“I’ve always hoped for a day like this where I’d receive a phone call from The Lott.
“Things like this don’t happen to me, so I’m stunned.
“I’ve been playing for many years – particularly in Lucky Lotteries draws and the big jackpotting games such as Powerball and Oz Lotto. I guess Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot is now my favourite!
“This has changed my life and has come at the most wonderful time. I’ve been looking at purchasing a property and I can’t wait to put this prize towards it.
“I’ll call my partner straight away! We will celebrate and do something special.
“I’m going to be mind-boggled for the rest of the day!”
His winning entry of one random number was purchased at News N More Bathurst, Shop 20 Bathurst City Centre, 46-52 William Street.
News N More Bathurst team were ecstatic to have sold the 1st Prize winning entry and hoped their winner could fulfil their dreams with their prize.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $12.29 million for draw 1582, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $19.13 million for draw 10618.
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 Lotto, 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.
