MILESTONE BIRTHDAY DELIVERS MARVELLOUS $10,000 INSTANT SCRATCH-ITS WIN TO BRIBIE ISLAND MAN

A Bribie Island man has unwrapped one of the greatest gifts of all for his milestone birthday – an Instant Scratch-Its ticket that yielded a $10,000 top prize that will allow him to reunite with his son.

The $5 Cash Path Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Nextra Bribie Island, Shop 10-11 239 Goodwin Drive, Bribie Island. Despite claiming the prize almost a week ago at The Lott head office, the Queenslander is still reeling from the excitement of his windfall.

“We can’t believe it,” he chuckled. “I received it as a gift from my wife for my birthday. I didn’t scratch it for maybe three to four days.

“I can’t believe it was sitting there the entire time and it was worth $10,000!

“This is definitely the most I’ve ever won.

“We haven’t celebrated the win yet as we had a lot of family over, but we’re planning on going on a nice weekend away to the coast. The wait will be worth it!

“This prize has allowed us to plan a trip overseas to see our son and his family. We will be able to stay for a lot longer and explore where he lives!

“It’s wonderful.”

Nextra Bribie Island owner Steven Kurtz said he and his team were overjoyed to have sold a top prize-winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket to a local family.

“What fantastic news! It truly feels as though we’ve won ourselves when we sell a winning ticket to a local customer,” he shared.

“We always hope when our customers visit our store that they’d pick up a winning ticket and even better, a top prize!

“Congratulations to the winning man and we wish him all the best with his Instant Scratch-Its top prize. We hope it allows him to conquer some small but mighty dreams.”

In 2022, there were 141 Instant ScratchIts top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $15.16 million in top prizes.

During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 28.7 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $261 million. This equates to almost threequarters of a million dollars won on Instant Scratch-Its every day.

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.

Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.6 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.