The Lott in the Community: Made possible by you in 2025
Every time you play with The Lott, you help bring dreams to life and drive positive change in our community.
Your support has been monumental in funding feel-good initiatives across health, research, the arts, the environment, and education. Let’s reflect on the moments you’ve made possible in 2025:
The new year kicked off with a $100,000 donation to WIRES to safeguard the future of our beloved Aussie icons, with funds directed into building a new koala rehabilitation facility in Hawkesbury, New South Wales.
We shone the spotlight on Juiced TV for their 10th anniversary by announcing a $200,000 donation from The Lott by Golden Casket unclaimed prize money to make the hospital journey better for kids nationwide.
In our second year as a proud presenting partner, the Nine Telethon surpassed its fundraising goal to raise over $10 million in support of Mater Little Miracles. We were thrilled to contribute a $600,000* donation from The Lott by Golden Casket to ensure babies have the best start to life.
Thanks to unclaimed prize money from Golden Casket and Tatts NT, we sparked joy and created treasured memories for seriously ill children by donating $350,000 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
We celebrated 26 years as naming rights sponsor by uniting the Alice Springs community with high-octane fun at the Tatts Finke Desert Race and donated a further $20,000 to two local charities to help support their money.
We also expanded access to the arts for children and families by proudly renewing our historic partnership with the Sydney Opera House.
Our donation of $200,000 to the University of Queensland from The Lott by Golden Casket unclaimed prize money has helped leap progress for ground-breaking projects in chronic health and climate change.
In celebration of the Stars Foundation achieving 10 years of providing holistic mentoring programs for First Nations girls and women, we were proud to announce a $120,000 donation from The Lott by Tatts NT community fund.
We proudly partnered with the Childhood Cancer Association and continued our support with a $100,000 donation from The Lott by SA Lotteries to offer support during a child’s cancer treatment journey.
In September, we answered the call from DV Safe Phone by donating $50,000 to help equip domestic violence victims with safe, untraceable phones when they need support.
Our donation of $90,000 from The Lott by Tatts NT unclaimed prizes has helped keep the wheels turning for Orange Sky as they provide vital services to people experiencing homelessness in Darwin.
Not only that, the Footy Show Grand Final: My Room Telethon achieved record breaking fundraising to support sick kids and their families, including our $100,000 contribution.
The Lott by Golden Casket’s donation of $200,000 empowered LIVIN to continue creating environments where young people feel safe to talk about mental health.
We walked together with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, donating $300,000 from Golden Casket unclaimed prize money to keep kids safe with child safety education programs across the country and celebrated over $2.2 million in support of keeping kids safe.
Our partnership strengthened with The Kindness Factory as we committed another $100,000 to continue delivering the Kindness Curriculum to school students.
We donated $1.5 million* to the Children’s Hospital Foundation and thanks to $500,000 donation from Golden Casket unclaimed prize money, breakthrough research into pediatric brain cancer is now one step closer.
And Brisbane’s Christmas spirit shined through for a 13th year from supporting the City Hall Lights.
To top off the year, we welcomed the Play For Purpose charity raffle to The Lott. With a Play For Purpose charity raffle ticket, you can go in the draw to win hundreds of great prizes, all the while supporting your favourite charities, including those listed above.
Thank you for another winning year and we can’t wait to continue making a positive difference in 2026!
*Contributions include payment of state lottery taxes.