A Grays Point father-son duo's weekly tradition of club dinners, meat raffles, and Keno finally paid off, turning their beloved routine into a heartwarming Keno win of $117,000.
The New South Welshman scored the Keno Classic 8 Spot winning entry in draw 355, drawn Thursday 5 September 2024 and took home $117,071.80.
The winning son spoke to officials from Keno earlier this morning and relayed how the exhilarating discovery came about.
“It’s crazy!” he exclaimed.
“Mum, Dad, and I have a Thursday night tradition where we visit the local club and have a nice dinner and try to win the meat raffle of the night.
“Dad and I always put on a game of Keno, and we did exactly that last night.
“We were having dinner, and Dad turned to me and said, ‘Look up on the Keno screen! I think someone in this club has won $117,000!’.
“I replied and said, ‘That’s impossible! That’s how many tickets had been sold in the draw.’. Little did I know, we had indeed won $117,000!
“The first thing Dad said was ‘Don’t tell anyone’, but I think the whole club knew because we were going crazy!
“I still think it’s a dream.”
The excited son shared that his portion of the prize would fund long-awaited home renovations, while the other half would be used to treat his parents to a much-deserved holiday.
“This has come at the most perfect time because our home renovations were way over-due,” he said.
“Dad will use his share to go on a holiday with Mum.
“So exciting.”
Their winning entry was purchased at Gymea Bowling & Recreation Club, 691 Kingsway, Gymea.
The Gymea Bowling & Recreation Club were so pleased to hear two of their local patrons had taken home a major Keno win and wished them all the best with their exciting plans.
In FY24, Keno players across the eastern states of mainland Australia celebrated more than 78.5 million wins collectively worth more than $1.16 billion.
During this time, Keno crowned 18 millionaires and multi-millionaires who collectively took home more than $46.7 million. Eight of these major winners were from New South Wales and the ACT, including a Shelly Beach dad who scored a $5.92 million windfall.
Players in New South Wales and the ACT enjoyed more than 40.3 million Keno wins totalling more than $588.5 million across the region in FY24.