Man wins AU$250K Instant Scratch-Its prize from birthday card gift

• Celebrating his birthday, a Goldfields resident received a lottery ticket along with a birthday card
• The man was surprised after winning an AU$250,000 Instant Scratch-Its prize from the ticket he received as a gift
• The winner plans to buy a house and invest his newfound fortune

A man celebrating his birthday was pleasantly surprised by a dreamy six-figure lottery prize from a ticket he received as a gift from a close friend.

On Friday, The Lott confirmed that a Goldfields resident, who received a $10 Triple Match Instant Scratch-Its ticket as a gift, won AU$250,000 ($165,000).

$10 Instant Scratch-Its ticket brings an AU$250,000 prize

The winning lottery ticket was purchased at Golden Square Newsagency located at 303 High Street in Golden Square.

Each $10 Triple Match ticket offers players a chance to win a prize between AU$10 and a top prize of AU$250,000 ($165,000).

There are 930,300 $10 Triple Match tickets printed across Australia and the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.97.

On the other hand, the odds of winning the game's top prize are 1 in 465,150.00.

The Lott's Instant Scratch-Its brought life-enhancing prizes to 151 lottery players in FY25. This translates to more than AU$12.5m ($8.3m) in top prizes.

On the other hand, across all prize tiers, Instant Scratch-Its players won more than AU$253m ($167m) in prizes.

The lucky man is planning to purchase a home

When an official from The Lott, contacted the Bendigo man to notify him of the big win, the man was still excited.

"It’s been such a whirlwind of excitement, and things are only just starting to sink in," the winner admitted.

Moreover, the Goldfields resident said: "Funnily enough, I received the ticket as a birthday gift in a card from one of my close mates. What are the odds?!"

Once the lucky man realized he won big, he called his mother to give her the good news.

The winner also agreed to split the prize money with his mom and explained that his life is undoubtedly going to change thanks to this windfall.

Asked about his future plans, the man said that he is looking forward to buying a home and investing part of the prize money to "watch it grow."

However, the first thing he said he will do is to take his family out for tea and celebrate the lottery win.

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