Frequently Asked Questions

A maximum of 197,000 Home Lottery tickets are available.

Ticket holders must be 18 years or older. The following persons and their immediate family members are ineligible to purchase tickets for themselves or on behalf of any other person: Board Members and Executives of Melbourne Health and the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation, and partners and employees of S.O. Asher Consultants Pty Ltd and Deloitte. For a detailed list of all ineligible persons, please visit www.rmhhomelottery.com.au/ineligible-list/.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Home Lottery is intended for, but not exclusive to residents of Victoria. Non-residents of Australia and winners from other states are responsible for any additional taxes, duty, costs or governmental approvals that may be associated with the delivery or transfer of prizes. Additionally, non-residents of Australia should take into consideration the legislative requirements to acquire land in Australia and observe any foreign ownership laws in their own country of residence.

The prizes that we have on offer are awarded to winners as presented and cannot be redeemed for cash. All vehicle prizes include on-road costs, plus 12 months of Victorian registration.

Tickets can be ordered online at www.rmhHomeLottery.com.au, by calling 1300 780 312 or by visiting the locations below.

We’ll need your email address to ensure you don’t miss out on important updates and lottery announcements and so we can email your tickets to you promptly in the future. We’re really excited about this initiative to reduce fundraising costs and paper waste.

Please contact ticket administrators Deloitte on 03 9671 6300 or [email protected].

Please contact our ticket administrators Deloitte on 03 9671 6300 or [email protected].

All refund requests must be received in writing to [email protected] and will be honoured as long as the payment method has been verified and the corresponding ticket has not already been included in any prize draws.

There are plenty of ways you can support the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation and have the chance to win big:

• Purchase your Home Lottery ticket as part of a syndicate.
• Purchase a Cash Calendar Lottery ticket for just $25 and you could win a share of $150,000 gold.
• Purchase a Holiday for Life Lottery ticket for just $15 you could win 25 years of holidays or choose $100,000 gold.

No, tickets purchased are not tax-deductible.

There are 10,010 prizes including the half a million Early Bird Prize, a Land Rover plus $40K Bonus Prize, and the $5 million Grand Prize. The total retail value of all prizes is $7,082,190.08.
Download our full catalogue of prizes here.

One lucky winner will pocket half a million dollars in gold bullion, just for purchasing tickets early.

To be eligible for the Early Bird Prize, purchase your Home Lottery tickets before midnight on 7 March 2025.

The Early Bird Prize will be drawn on 18 March 2025 and your tickets will stay in all remaining Home Lottery prize draws for the chance to win!

One lucky winner will drive away in a Land Rover Defender Hybrid worth over $160,000! Plus, it comes with $40K in gold.

To be eligible for the Bonus Prize, purchase your tickets before midnight on 21 March 2025. The Bonus Prize will be drawn on 27 March 2025 and your tickets will stay in all remaining Home Lottery prize draws for the chance to win!

Yes. When you purchase a ticket, you are entered into all subsequent draws! Once a winning ticket is drawn, the winning number is recorded, and the ticket is re-entered in all remaining draws.

All prizes are purchased by the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation and must be accepted as awarded and cannot be redeemed for cash. Negotiations between the prize supplier and the winner may occur, but the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation is not part of this process.

Due to Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission regulations, we cannot give away cash as a prize. However, gold is the next best thing! Winners will receive a certificate that can immediately be redeemed for cash. Please note that gold selling costs and market variations apply when selling gold bullion.

No, all prizes are purchased by the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation.

The Grand Prize is worth $5 million! It includes a four-bedroom, fully furnished Mazzei home at 49 Sargood Street, Hampton, and $75,000 gold! Click here to view the floor plan.

The Grand Prize Showhome at 49 Sargood Street, Hampton, will be open from 1pm to 5pm every Wednesday, and on weekends and public holidays commencing from 29 January 2025. The final open day is on 2 April 2025.

It generally takes a few weeks before the settlement is complete. The winner can move in as soon as the settlement has occurred. The winner does not have to keep the home for a minimum period and can choose to sell the home at any point after settlement.

As a Royal Melbourne Hospital Home Lottery Grand Prize winner, you are awarded your new home free and clear of any encumbrances. All fees involved with property transfer, such as stamp duty and title taxes will be paid for by the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation.

After you take the title of your new home, you will be responsible for the usual costs associated with homeownership. Non-residents of Australia and winners from other states are responsible for any additional taxes, duty, costs or governmental approvals that may be associated with the delivery or transfer of prizes. Additionally, non-residents of Australia should take into consideration the legislative requirements to acquire land in Australia and observe any foreign ownership laws in their own country of residence.

When you become a Member, your tickets are reserved for each Home Lottery, which means you’ll never miss out on a draw. Plus, Home Lottery Members are entered into an exclusive Member-only draw for more great prizes!

Members who have a valid ticket in the current Royal Melbourne Hospital Home Lottery and an active Membership to all future Home Lotteries as of midnight on 4 April 2025, will be included in the Ultimate Membership Prize to win a 2025 Audi Q4 e-tron, an 11-night Essence of Japan getaway, and $30,000 in gold. *

It’s free to join! Just tick the ‘Become a Member’ box when ordering Home Lottery tickets and we will contact you prior to each Home Lottery to confirm your order. *Please note, the Membership draw is exclusive to those who hold Home Lottery tickets as part of their recurring Membership order.

Please contact our ticket administrators Deloitte, on 03 9671 6300.

The Early Bird draw is conducted at 7:00am on 18 March 2025.

The Bonus draw is conducted at 7:00am on 27 March 2025.

The Home Lottery draws are conducted at 7:00am on 10 April 2025. *

The Cash Calendar Lottery draws are conducted at 7:00am on 10 April 2025.

The Holiday for Life Lottery draw is conducted at 7:00am on 10 April 2025.

*If all Home Lottery tickets are sold before midnight on 21 March 2025, all Home Lottery draws will be conducted early on 27 March 2025.

The draws are conducted using a random number generator under the supervision of Deloitte at their offices on 477 Collins Street, Melbourne, and are in accordance with Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission regulations.

A complete list of Home Lottery winners will appear at www.rmhHomeLottery.com.au on 10 April 2025. If all tickets are sold before the Bonus Deadline on 21 March 2025, all draws will be conducted early, and the names of winners will be available online on 27 March 2025.  The Early Bird Prize winner will be announced on 18 March 2025.

A list of Cash Calendar and Holiday for Life winners will appear at www.rmhHomeLottery.com.au on 10 April 2025.

All winners will be notified in writing by Deloitte with instructions on how to claim their prize. If you win the Grand Prize, Early Bird Prize, Bonus Prize, a vehicle, a holiday or Membership Prize, you will also receive a phone call shortly after the draws are conducted.

If your ticket number wins a prize, you have won, regardless of if you miss our call.

We will continue attempting to contact you to advise you of your win (see ‘Will I be notified if I win a prize?’ for the list of major prizes). If you do not answer your phone, we will attempt to contact you with the additional contact information you provided when you placed your ticket order.

All prizes must be claimed within twelve months of the draw date. We will make multiple attempts to contact winners to ensure they have received their prize.

If a prize remains unclaimed after twelve months and all attempts to contact the winner have been exhausted, the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation must sell the prize and distribute the proceeds to the Victorian Government.

Proceeds from the Home Lottery, Cash Calendar Lottery and Holiday for Life Lottery help fund world-class medical research and patient care at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Your support ensures that world-class healthcare is accessible to everyone, every day. Thank you for your generosity.

The Cash Calendar Lottery is a separate lottery. For just $25, you will be entered into six draws to win cashable gold bullion! The first prize is $100,000 and there will be five more winners of $10,000 each.

Cash Calendar Lottery tickets are $25 each, five for $60, eight for $85, or twelve for $110. The deadline to purchase Cash Calendar Lottery tickets is midnight on 4 April 2025. The draws will be held on 10 April 2025.

A maximum of 167,284 Cash Calendar Lottery tickets are available.

The Holiday for Life Lottery is a separate lottery. For just $15, you will be entered into the draw to win a holiday of your choice valued at $5,000 every year, for the next 25 years – or you can choose to take $100,000 in cashable gold.

Holiday for Life Lottery tickets are $15 each, five for $30, fifteen for $55, or thirty for $80. The deadline to purchase Holiday for Life Lottery tickets is midnight on 4 April 2025. The draw will be held on 10 April 2025.

A maximum of 295,735 Holiday for Life Lottery tickets are available.

We are committed to the continued improvement of sustainable measures in all aspects of housing, prizing, and marketing.

Each Grand Prize home is carefully considered from design to construction, with bespoke solutions to maximise efficiency and minimise environmental impacts. High-efficiency appliances and solar panels have also been selected to reduce energy use.

Vehicles in our prize list are selected to include electric and hybrid models, offering a more cost-efficient way to travel with less environmental impact. The paper used for marketing material is 100% recyclable. It is produced from certified plantation forests with a fully auditable life cycle from harvest, to pulping, to final production and transport. Printing plates are recycled through the aluminium reclaimed collection process, and ink is also subject to a life cycle compliance from manufacture to final use on press.