A work trip to Port Stephens has turned a Sydney man into a millionaire after he hit the jackpot in Keno at Wests Nelson Bay Diggers on the weekend.
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The 52-year-old electrician from Caringbah, in Sydney’s south, won $1 million in a 10-number Keno jackpot.
“I’m still in shock,” the man, who did not wish to be identified, said.
“It’s amazing.
“I never thought this would happen to me.”
In a true blue Aussie fashion, the humble sparky turned up to work the following day.
“I’ve got a mortgage to pay,” he said.
The father of two says he plans to use his million dollar cheque from Keno get debt free and take a hard-earned break with his wife and teenage girls.
“I’ll be paying off the mortgage and maybe doing some work to our house,” he said.
“We’d already organised a holiday next year so that will make it even more special.”
Incredibly, the win is the second major Keno jackpot to be won by a Caringbah tradie in just one month.
On June 4, a 47-year-old Caringbah brick layer won a $5.6 million Keno Mega Millions jackpot at Caringbah RSL Club.
The second tradie winner, the sparky, said he bought his Keno ticket at Diggers on his way home from work on the afternoon of Thursday, June 29 and only realised he’d won the $1,033,572 cash prize when he checked it online on Saturday night.
“I was resting after work and thought I’d see how I went,” the sparky said.
“Then I saw the numbers and panicked.
“That’s when I rang up the number on the site and they confirmed I’d won.”
The winner said he buys a Keno ticket every three to four weeks, and had been playing the same random numbers for a few months.
The winning numbers were 11, 15, 17, 32, 33, 46, 50, 66, 67, and 70.
Keno spokesperson David Dicker congratulated Keno’s sixth NSW million-plus jackpot winner for 2017, saying the team was thrilled the jackpot would change the winner’s life in such a positive and significant way.
“We love how winning Keno can bring such happiness to people’s lives,” Dicker said.
Ellie-Marie Watts
A journalist with 10 years experience, Ellie-Marie connects readers to the stories that matter in their communities. A Port Stephens-based news, sport and event writer and photographer with a passion for human interest features.
A journalist with 10 years experience, Ellie-Marie connects readers to the stories that matter in their communities. A Port Stephens-based news, sport and event writer and photographer with a passion for human interest features.
