A Plainland couple is attributing their $67,000 Keno win to the herb basil, which they rubbed on their ticket before the winning numbers were drawn.
The Lockyer Valley duo held a Keno Classic winning entry in draw 517, drawn Sunday 6 June 2021.
Speaking to an official from The Lott this morning, the winning husband explained he still couldn’t believe their good fortune.
“It was a nice surprise!” he exclaimed.
“We’ve got the same set of numbers we play. My wife and I were sitting there watching the draw and my wife said, ‘we’ve got seven out of eight numbers – 44 is the number we need’, and then, bang! There it was!
“The win’s all because of my wife. As we were going there, she picked some basil out of the garden, rubbed it together and put it in her purse. Then when we got the tickets, she rubbed basil on them.
“She hasn’t done basil before but she said basil can be lucky. It was lucky for us last night.
“She did say, ‘you don’t really believe in this, do you?’. I said, ‘not really, sweetie’, but I do now!”
The winning couple described the win as a “plus” and look forward to making plans for how they’ll best enjoy their Keno fun money.
The winning entry was purchased at Plainland Hotel, 66 Laidley Plainland Road, Plainland.
In 2020, Keno players across the eastern states of mainland Australia celebrated more than 59.9 million wins collectively worth more than $840.6 million.
During this time, Keno crowned 19 millionaires and multi-millionaires who collectively took home more than $42.3 million. Eight of these major winners were Queenslanders, including a Gold Coast man who won a Keno Classic 10 Spot prize of more than $2.02 million.
Queenslanders enjoyed more than 18.59 million Keno wins totalling more than $264.42 million at pubs and clubs across the state in 2020.
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.
About Keno
Keno is a fun game played at more than 3,500 pubs and clubs across Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT and Victoria.
A Keno draw occurs approximately every three minutes. During each draw, 20 numbers are drawn from 1 to 80. Players simply match the numbers on their entry to the numbers drawn for a chance to win over $1 million.
There are a range of Keno games to play, including Keno Mega Millions – a higher jackpot version of Keno Classic that uses the same Keno ball draw but gives players the chance to win $5 million or more.