Lotto hotspots across our City

The million-dollar Lotto lightning bolt has struck three times across the City of Moreton Bay in the first 11 months of this year.

Figures from January 1 to November 30 show a $2 million Saturday Gold Lotto ticket, bought at Kallangur Fair News in late June, took top spot.

Either side were $1million Monday & Wednesday Gold Lotto wins for tickets from TSG Morayfield in March and Midway News, Redcliffe in August.

Our region’s total of three $1m-plus wins was down on seven in last year’s Saturday and Monday & Wednesday draws, but up on two in 2021.

There was also a Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot win from this region in July with the online purchase picking up $100,000.

Instant Scratch-Its have brought $455,000 to residents in the City of Moreton Bay with the biggest a $200,000 windfall from a $15 Crosswords Book Scratch-It bought at HealthSave Ferny Grove in May.

We had two $100,000 wins – the first from a $5 Cash Word Countries Scratch-It from TSG Rothwell in March and second a $5 Crosswords Jacaranda Scratch-It from TSG North Lakes in July.

A $2 Cash Incline Scratch-It from Paperboxx Deception Bay won $25,000 in September.

There were also $10,000 wins from a $1 Luck of the Irish Scratch-It from Rothwell News in May, a $5 Cash Path Scratch-Its from Nextra Bribie Island in July and The Lucky Charm Redcliffe in August.

Across Queensland the Gold Coast had most Division One wins in 2023 with 18, followed by Far North Queensland on 11.

Sunshine Coast, Brisbane Northern Suburbs and Ipswich/Lockyer Valley/Somerset had nine, Brisbane South seven, Central Queensland six and Wide Burnett four.

Redland City, North Queensland, Brisbane Inner and City of Moreton Bay had three; Brisbane West, Brisbane East and Mackay/Whitsundays two.

The biggest single win in Queensland was a Powerball entry bought online which collected $20,053,292.21 on May 4.

That was followed by an Oz Lotto win of $15m for a Gladstone entry in May and a $10m winner for an entry from Loganholme in September.

In Australia, the biggest Division One prize this year was also an online Powerball entry which earned its lucky NSW owner $100m on June 22.

NSW and ACT had 122 Division One winners this year collecting $450,596,012.31. Victoria was second with 114 banking $376,810,002.35 and Queensland third with 96 receiving $163,999,867.33.

The most successful Queensland postcode was 4211 for Narang and Pacific Pines which sold three Division One winning entries. No City of Moreton Bay postcode made the top 13.