A merry band of 12 Henley Beach shoppers will be sporting winning smiles this week after their long-running syndicate entry scored division one in the weekend’s Saturday X Lotto draw.
The store syndicate, called “Saturday No. 5”, held one of the nine division one winning entries nationally in Saturday X Lotto draw 3895, drawn on Saturday 17 November 2018. Each entry took home a division one prize of $456,752.50.
In addition to winning division one, the Adelaide syndicate’s System 10 QuickPick entry also won division three 24 times and division four 90 times, bolstering the syndicate’s total prize to $483,234.10.
Each member of the syndicate receives a share worth $40,269.51.
The winning store syndicate entry, a System 10 QuickPick, was set up by South Henley Newsagency, 47 Henley Beach Road, Henley Beach South.
Henley Newsagency owner Tracy Cole said her outlet had been running the “Saturday No. 5” syndicate for more than a decade.
“Many of the syndicate members go into this each week. In fact, we only discovered it had won when one of our customers called us yesterday with the winning news,” she said.
“Some of the syndicate winners have already popped in and are celebrating their news. It’s a great little community down here so I’m sure word will spread fast.
“It’s not the first time we’ve sold a division one winning syndicate. In 2014, we sold one that won $1.25 million!”
SA Lotteries spokesperson Matt Hart said some syndicate members held unregistered tickets and may have yet to discover their winning news.
“What a great way to start your working week – discovering you’ve pocketed tens of thousands of dollars!” he said.
“While we’ll be reaching out to those syndicate members who registered their entry to their EasiPlay cards, there are a few syndicate members who have unregistered tickets and may not yet know they’re part of this winning group.
“If you purchased a share in a syndicate for the weekend’s Saturday X Lotto draw, today’s the day to check it! If you discover you’re holding a winning share, call SA Lotteries on 131 868 to start the prize claim process!”
So far this calendar year, Monday & Wednesday X Lotto and Saturday X Lotto have created 159 millionaires across Australia.
The winning numbers in Saturday X Lotto draw 3895 on Saturday 17 November 2018 were 26, 19, 31, 30, 6 and 18, while the supplementary numbers were 25 and 16.
Across Australia, there were nine division one winning entries in Saturday X Lotto draw 3895, including two from South Australia.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 150 so far this financial year, including 11 won by SA Lotteries customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, there were 290 division one winning Saturday X Lotto entries across the Lott’s jurisdictions, which collectively won more than $302.7 million.
