A happy Seaford woman is this morning still recovering from last night’s celebratory drinks after winning a Keno Spot 8 prize of $50,000 in draw 2438692 on Sunday 2 December 2018.
The happy winner explained she regularly picked up a Keno Spot 8 from The Beach Hotel, Cnr Commercial Road and Griffiths Drive, Seaford when she popped in for a night out.
“Whenever I head down to the Seaford Hotel I put a Keno Spot 8 on for 10 games and then I check it on my way out, I never watch the draw,” she explained.
“However yesterday, the lady behind the bar come and tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘come look at the screen, I think you might have won’.
“I went and looked on the screen and there it was! I took a photo of the screen and sent it to the kids and said come on down and celebrate.
“They didn’t believe me at first but when they did they came down and we celebrated all night!”
When asked how she planned to spend her Keno windfall the thrilled woman revealed it was going straight on the mortgage.
“I told my kids ‘don’t come knocking’ it’s already all gone onto the house!” she laughed.
“It’s paid it off so the mortgage is completely gone which is a great feeling!”
The Beach Hotel manager, Shane Gross, said he was thrilled his outlet had sold another major prize in Keno.
“We are so thrilled for our customer!” he said.
“We are happy to have sold another major prize and hope we sell another one soon!”
In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, there were 19 Keno Spot 8, 9 and 10 winners across South Australia who landed more than $4.52 million. Spot 10 was won twice during this time – a prize of more than $2.017 million in December 2017 and a prize of more than $1.474 million in April 2018.
Keno is a game whereby 20 numbers are randomly generated from a possible 80. To win a Keno Spot 8 prize, a player must match all eight of the numbers selected on their ticket against the 20 numbers drawn.
Keno draw results are available online at thelott.com/salotteries.