A Gold Coast woman is $50,000 richer after winning big on an Instant Scratch-Its ticket.
The Mudgeeraba woman admits she nearly binned the $4 scratchie after initially think it was a losing ticket.
The lucky local says her ” heart skipped a beat” when she discovered the ticket she thought was a dud, was actually a winner.
“I’m so happy,” she told an official from The Lott.
“Funnily enough, I nearly threw the ticket out – I’m so glad I didn’t! I had scratched the ticket, and I did a final look to see if I had won anything,
“I didn’t think I had won anything on it because initially, I thought the numbers didn’t match up. I was very, very close to throwing it out,
“I went into shock. The ticket stayed in a safe space until I claimed it at The Lott head office. It’s so surreal!”
The Mudgeeraba woman admits she’s still overcome with emotion to decide what she’ll do with the money, so says she’ll leave it in the bank for a while and have a think.
The $4 Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Mudgeeraba Newsagency at Mudgeeraba Markets.
