A new house is on the horizon for a Toongabbie man after starting his week as a newly minted multi-millionaire from a $2.6 million Keno win over the weekend.
The Sydney sider scored the Keno Classic 10 Spot jackpot in Keno draw 42, drawn Saturday 9 June 2024, and took home a total prize of $2,655,277.00.
The winning man shared it wasn’t the first time he’d won big in Keno, revealing he’d also won $10,000 almost twenty years prior.
“Thank you!” he laughed when speaking to an official from Keno earlier this morning.
“It’ll be a bit of a change.
“The first ticket I put on, I won a little bit, so I just decided to play a few more games.
“It worked out quite well for me.
“Almost twenty years ago, I won $10,000 on Keno which was great at the time, but nothing compares to this.
“It’s funny, my wife is more excited than I am. I think we’ll look to move eventually and buy a nice house.
“I had a couple of celebratory beers last night and now I’ll just wait for the win to sink in.”
The man’s winning Keno Classic entry was purchased at Toongabbie Sports Club, 12 Station Road, Toongabbie.
The Toongabbie Sports Club team said they were overjoyed to have sold a major Keno prize-winning entry and wished their winner all the best with their prize.
In 2023, Keno players across the eastern states of mainland Australia celebrated more than 67.31 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. Eleven 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 36.33 million Keno wins totalling more than $529.1 million across the region in 2023.
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.