MANY people dream of winning the lottery once, but a NSW North Coast man has managed it twice after claiming the $100,000 Lucky Lotteries draw prize.
The happy Port Macquarie winner scored the first prize, $100,000 Super Jackpot draw win on February 2.
When an official from The Lott spoke to the winner to break the exciting news, he admitted he was 'all thumbs'.
"You're making me nervous! I hope you are calling because I have won something!" he laughed.
"I'm trying to confirm what you are telling me on the app, but I'm all thumbs. I keep pressing the wrong button.
"I can see now I've won $100,000! I can't believe it. That's awesome.
"It's the second time I've won a prize like this. We're going back a long, long time ago though. Back then, I shared it with a friend.
"It's fantastic, and it has happened again. I didn't expect this at all.
"I buy tickets pretty regularly but never think to check them. It's just fantastic! It's awesome!"
When asked how he planned to enjoy his Lucky Lotteries windfall, the thrilled player confessed it had come at the perfect time.
"We've just been working on our retirement plan so having an extra $100,000 to add to that will make a huge difference," he said.
"I'm so very pleased. I can't wait to tell my wife. She is going to be so excited."
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The regular player who wishes to remain anonymous purchased his winning entry of five random numbers online.
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $5.56 million for draw 1518, while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize is now $2.45million for draw 10441.
In 2020, 141 Lucky Lotteries 1st Prize and Jackpot winning entries across Australia won more than $48.61 million.
During this time, the biggest Lucky Lotteries prize was won by an Ermington woman who a Mega Jackpot prize of $11.73 million in January.
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.
