A Mackay man has confessed he almost didn’t check his Keno ticket that bagged him more than $1.2 million last night.
The North Queensland man held a Keno Classic 10 Spot entry in draw 301, drawn Tuesday 2 May 2023, and scored $1,205,413.60.
“This is amazing! I haven’t slept at all since I discovered the win last night,” the winning man exclaimed when an official from Keno called to confirm the win.
“It was actually quite a funny situation! I’ve used these Keno numbers for more than 30 years.
“We were at the club for dinner last night and I realised I had an old Keno ticket that I hadn’t checked for a couple of months.
“I realised I’d won a few dollars on that ticket, so I put on another one just before we sat down to eat.
“Well, as we were leaving, I thought to myself, ‘I might just check that ticket’.
“Bingo, bango, bongo! I couldn’t believe it.
“It’s something I’ve never done before! If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have checked this ticket for months!
“Something about it feels like it was meant to be.
“It’s an amazing feeling. It’s going to set us up for the rest of our lives and it’s going to mean I won’t have a worry for quite some time.
“I’m feeling very lucky today!”
The winning entry was purchased from Magpies Sporting Club, 1 Glenella Road, Glenella.
Magpies Sporting Club Marketing Manager Amber Ries said the team was ecstatic for their winning customer and wished them all the best for the future.
“It was a very relaxed atmosphere at the club yesterday until everyone noticed that $1.2 million had been won by one of our customers!” she said.
“News spread quickly, and we were all waiting with bated breath.
“It’s been a couple of years since we had a major win at the club and so we’re all so excited.
“Congratulations to our incredible winner. We hope this life-changing win brings some great times in the future.”
In 2022, Keno players across the eastern states of mainland Australia celebrated more than 76.25 million wins collectively worth more than $1 billion.
During this time, Keno crowned 21 millionaires and multi-millionaires who collectively took home more than $51.5 million. Victoria’s biggest Keno win was by a Geelong man who won more than $1.3 million.
Victorians enjoyed more than 3.49 million Keno wins totalling more than $48.98 million at pubs and clubs across the state in 2022.
Keno players can also enter into the monthly second chance draw for the chance to win one of five $1,000 prizes by scanning their ticket at win.secondchance.keno.com.au.