A Wollongong man is returning from a weekend away at Tweed Heads with more than a tan after reigning in a $2.8 million Keno 10 Spot win.
The Illawarra resident held a Keno Classic 10 Spot winning entry in draw 798, drawn Saturday 26 March 2022. His total prize was $2,807,864.80.
Speaking with an official from Keno this morning, the cheery winner explained he put on his winning entry while on a short holiday in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales.
“It’s so surreal! I still can’t believe it,” he laughed.
“We were on holiday in Tweed Heads, and we decided to go to a pub for some food. While we were there, we put a game of Keno on.
“We were driving back to our holiday home and saw that the Keno 10 Spot went off in Banora Point, and that’s where we put our game of Keno on!
“We weren’t sure if it was us who had won the prize because you never know if it will actually be you – you never expect to win big.
“It eventually clicked that we’d won the Keno 10 Spot prize, and we went crazy!
“We’ve been renting for a while now, and we’ve always wanted to purchase our very own home, so this is life-changing.
“It will take a while to process!”
His winning entry was purchased at Twins Towns Club Banora, Leisure Dr, Banora Point.
Twins Towns Club Banora Gaming Manager Ben Wilkinson said everyone in the community was talking about the exciting win.
“It’s the most amazing feeling to know that someone in our club has just won themselves $2.8 million. It’s the biggest Keno prize ever won at any of the Twin Towns clubs,” he said.
“The entire club was buzzing from the moment it came up on the screen. People were asking strangers, ‘Was it you?’.
“The words on everyone’s lips are ‘Who won it?’
“Well done to our winner! There were plenty of Keno players across all the Twin Towns clubs who were keeping a close eye on that 10 Spot jackpot, watching it climb and hoping to take it out.
“Congratulations from all of us at Twin Towns. We’re glad you chose our club to play your winning ticket.”
In 2021, Keno players across the eastern states of mainland Australia celebrated more than 36.2 million wins collectively worth more than $590.3 million.