Bundoora Centre Newsagency is busy celebrating today after a group syndicate they set up scored a division one win in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw which yielded 30 Melburnians a massive prize.
The syndicate entry, nicknamed ‘Infinity 8’, was one of the 14 division one winning entries across Australia in TattsLotto draw 3963, drawn Saturday 13 July 2019. Each entry won a division one prize of $1,428,571.43.
In addition to winning division one, the syndicate’s marked System entry also won division two 12 times, division three 48 times, division four 675 times, division five 1346 times, and division six 756 times bolstering the syndicate’s total prize to $1,622,921.73.
Each member of the syndicate receives a share worth $54,097.39.
Shares in the group syndicate, set up by Bundoora Centre Newsagency, were sold at 11 outlets across Victoria.
- Bundoora Centre Newsagency, Shop 3, 39 Plenty Road, Bundoora (16 shares)
- Melton Lotto & TSG, 293 High Street, Melton (3 shares)
- CTC Taylors Hill Tatts, Shop 13, Taylors Hill Village, Corner Hume & Gourlay Road, Taylors Hill (3 shares)
- Seaford Newsagency, 124 Nepean Highway, Seaford (1 share)
- The Glen Tatts Kiosk, Shop K002, The Glen, 235 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley (1 share)
- Coburg Hub Lotto, Shop 2, 403 Sydney Road, Coburg (1 share)
- Racecourse Lucky Lotto & News, Shop 4, 338-390 Racecourse Road, Newmarket (1 share)
- Stud Park Lotto, Kiosk 3, Stud Park Shopping Centre, Stud Road, Rowville (1 share)
- Nextra Moe, 2/1-3 Moore Street, 21 Parkside Rive, Moe (1 share)
- Sunshine Lucky Lotto, Shop 3, 282A Hampshire Road, Sunshine (1 share)
- Westall Lucky Lotto, 148 Rosebank Ave, Clayton South (1 share)
Bundoora Centre Newsagency owner Michael Mertzanidis said he was ecstatic to discover his outlet had sold a division one winning syndicate entry.
“We drove to the outlet as soon as we heard the news so we could double check the lottery terminal!” he exclaimed.
“Our phones were going crazy with calls and texts until about 1:30am.
“This is the first time we’ve run this syndicate and we decided to try something unique and new.
“The syndicate was called ‘Infinity 8’ because it had eight System 16 entries.
“The syndicate is made up of local regular players who have been supporting our shop over the past 20 years so we’ll be planning a big celebration together.
“We’ve put up signs and balloons in the outlet to create a winning atmosphere.
“Our customers will be so happy to know that other local customers have won and shared a slice of the pie together.
“This is the 20th division one winning entry we’ve sold in the past 20 years. The last was around three years ago.
“We want to say huge congratulations to all of our winners! We believe it is the best way to win because you can share the celebrations with a big group of people!”
In 2018, Monday & Wednesday Lotto and TattsLotto created 194 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 3963 on Saturday 13 July 2019 were 16, 5, 18, 41, 22 and 36, while the supplementary numbers were 1 and 7.
Across Australia, there were 14 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 3963, six from Victoria, three each from New South Wales and Queensland, one each from the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 193 so far this calendar year, including 85 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2018, there were 280 division one winning TattsLotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $306.19 million.