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Mt Evelyn man scores the lottery



A Mount Evelyn man was left questioning reality and in sheer disbelief after discovering his second-ever Lucky Lotteries ticket delivered him a sweet $100,000 win.

The Yarra Ranges resident held the 1st Prize winning entry in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10987, drawn Monday 26 May 2025. He looks forward to a neat $100,000.

When an official from The Lott broke the thrilling news, the stunned man was initially speechless.

“Is this a joke?” he said.

“Oh my god. That’s unreal!”

“You have no idea how good it is.”

“I get so many prank calls these days, so it’s hard to believe this is real.”

“Wow! I’m honestly speechless.”

“I just got home. Oh my god. I’m going to tell the missus now and let her know.”

“I go for a lot of different games. This is the second time I’ve played Lucky Lotteries.”

“I hope I get to hear your voice again someday. Thank you.”

His winning entry of three random numbers was purchased via The Lott app – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $6.04 million for draw 1703, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $19.22 million for draw 10988.

In 2024, 147 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $52.2 million.

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.

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 2024, more than 195.3 million winners took home more than $4.84 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including TattsLotto, Weekday Windfall, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno (SA), Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.

Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.8 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.

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