Ten Noosa residents and eight Hervey Bay locals are learning the news this morning their aptly named syndicate “Aussie Gold Rush” won division one in last night’s Oz Lotto draw.
The Queenslanders held one of the two division one winning entries nationally in Oz Lotto draw 1391 on Tuesday 13 October 2020. Each division one winning entry takes home $1,251,386.05.
In addition to winning division one, the group’s entry also won division three 21 times, division five 63 times, and division six 35 times, boosting their total win to $1,320,747.65.
Each member of the syndicate will take home $73,374.87.
The shares into the division one winning store syndicate were purchased at The Lucky Charm Noosaville, Shop 1069A, Noosa Civic Shopping Centre, 28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville and The Lucky Charm Hervey Bay, Shop 25, Pialba Place Shopping Centre, 30 Main Street, Pialba.
The Lucky Charm Hervey Bay owner Greg Baartz said the syndicate had been running for around ten years.
“We’ve had some locals here in Hervey Bay who have been part of it every week,” he explained.
“One of our regulars came in this morning to check his ticket and he was overwhelmed.
“It was so exciting to see his reaction.
“That kind of prize is certainly going to help everyone out, especially at such an uncertain time.
“We can’t wait for the rest of the syndicate members to check their tickets!”
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto draw 1391 on Tuesday 13 October 2020 were 13, 11, 38, 43, 20, 39 and 8 while the supplementary numbers were 6 and 3.
Across Australia, there were two division one winning entries in Oz Lotto draw 1391 – one each from Queensland and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 312 so far this calendar year, including 82 won by Golden Casket customers.
Between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020, 15 division one winning Oz Lotto entries across Australia collectively won $212.14 million.
During this time, the biggest Oz Lotto jackpot was $50 million on 15 October 2019, which was won by a Leumeah tradie who walked off the job and vowed never to work again.
Of the 15 Oz Lotto division one winning entries in FY20, eight landed in New South Wales, three in Victoria, two in South Australia, and one each in Queensland and Western Australia.