Woman's 'crazy' $150k twist after buying family scratchies for Christmas
While the scratch cards bought as gifts won absolutely nothing, there was one family member celebrating.
Members of an Aussie family will be forgiven for feeling slightly aggrieved with one Christmas present after coming agonisingly close to scoring a whopping $150,000.
That's because a young woman in Bundaberg bought her entire family Scratch-Its tickets as Christmas presents, however it turned out the only winning ticket was hers.
“It’s kind of crazy," she admitted when speaking to The Lott officials after her win. Despite the rest of her family not winning a cent on theirs, she said they were still "very happy for me".
She said the winnings would go a long way in 2024 and help her become debt free. Her $150,000 jackpot came from a $10 Jumbo Crosswords Instant Scratch-Its ticket.
Lottery gifts popular at Christmas time
The Lott spokesperson Matt Hart told Yahoo News Australia last month Aussies love gifting a lottery ticket or scratch card for Christmas and often results in winners who've received such a present giving back a chunk of the winnings to the person the gift came from.
Hart was speaking ahead of the OzLotto's largest jackpot in 14 years when on Boxing Day the stakes were a little higher. Three players received the ultimate Christmas gift as they shared an impressive $90 million.
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One of the winners mistakenly thought his $32 million prize was $32,000, receiving quite the shock when officials informed him of his actual windfall. Division one prizes can often rise beyond the initial jackpot depending on how many tickets are purchased for the draw.
In 2018, a Queenslander in his 20s landed $10 million on OzLotto on Christmas Day. He vowed her would soon retire.
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