An Alkimos man in his 30s is celebrating a $300,000 win on a Scratch’n’Win ticket he purchased while shopping for Christmas in July presents for his family.
The winner and his wife purchased the winning scratchie from The Lucky Charm Joondalup.
When staff at the store shared the news the scratchie was a Top prize winner worth $300,000, the man said he could not believe it and called his wife back inside the store.
“I said to my wife, we’ve just won $300,000,” the winner said.
“She said, no we have not.
“I said yes we have!
“We were jumping for joy, cheering, almost crying, and everybody in the store was congratulating us.”
Owner of The Lucky Charm Joondalup, Parag Bhimjiyani, said the commotion made him come out of his office to see what was going on.
“The player was almost in tears,” Mr Bhimjiyani said.
“I gave him a hug. It’s so special to be part of this big moment in someone’s life.
“It’s the first major prize my store has sold and hopefully the first of many.”
The couple celebrated with a family dinner at their favourite local restaurant and plan to treat themselves to new computers to play their favourite video games.
Thanks to WA players and retailers, Lotterywest is able to provide hundreds of grants each year to support community organisations across the State.
A Lotterywest grant of $12,697 is supporting the Butler Community Garden Education & Resource Centre to enhance community gardening for people of all ages and abilities in the northern suburbs.
Western Australians have the chance to become a multi-millionaire thanks to this Saturday’s $30 million Megadraw on 26 July.
Tickets for Megadraw are available until 6pm on draw day in-store, online and via the Lotterywest App.
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22 July 2025