Summary
- A resident of Victoria who purchased an additional scratch-off ticket won a significant prize.
- The woman discovered her cat sitting on the ticket that eventually won her AU$100,000.
- Over 430,000 winning tickets are still available for Block-O Bingo.
A lottery player in Victoria, Australia, initially believed she had won just AU$100 from a scratch-off ticket, but she was thrilled to discover she had actually won AU$100,000. The fortunate woman from Reservoir, whose name remains undisclosed, shared an intriguing tale about her recent windfall, revealing that the winning ticket had been kept safe by her pet cat.
The winner's cat lay on top of the ticket
The lucky woman decided to try her chances with a AU$5 Block-O Bingo Instant Scratch-Its ticket. In an interview with The Lott, she shared that she frequently participates in the lottery and often buys multiple tickets at once. When she decided to take a chance this time, the woman from Victoria planned to purchase four tickets. However, spotting one last ticket left on the roll and encouraged by the shop clerk, she decided to buy it as well. Upon returning home, she scratched off all the tickets except for the last one, which was the fifth. Surprisingly, that final ticket turned out to be the AU$100,000 jackpot winner. I had been looking around for a while before realizing my cat was sitting on it; the winning ticket was stuck to him, she recounted. At first, she thought the ticket was worth just AU$100, but upon closer inspection, she was shocked to discover it was actually a life-changing AU$100,000 prize. When I looked at the ticket more carefully, I realized I had actually won $100,000. I was like, ‘Are you serious?’. I checked it several times. I couldn’t believe it, the thrilled winner exclaimed.
Many prizes remain in play from the Block-O Bingo ticket
The winning ticket was purchased at Summerhill Post and Lotto, located in Shop 11 of Summerhill Village at 830 Plenty Road, Reservoir. This AU$5 scratch-off ticket offers players the chance to win various prizes. Currently, one prize still remains unclaimed from the top AU$100,000 jackpot of this popular scratch-off ticket game. According to data from The Lott, approximately 1,625,000 Block-O Bingo tickets have been printed across Australia. Overall, the game features 430,284 winning tickets with a total prize pool of AU$4,875,000.
