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Maitland woman holds high hopes for 2022 after $63,000 NYE Keno win

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While others were counting down to midnight on New Year’s Eve, a Maitland woman was counting the numbers on her Keno ticket and realising she was suddenly $63,000 richer.

The Lower Hunter resident held a Keno Classic 8 Spot winning entry in draw 182, drawn on Friday 31 December.

Her total windfall was $63,287.40.

“Isn’t it great?” the winner exclaimed when a Keno official confirmed her prize.

“This has come at a good time.

“Something good had to happen.

“It’s been such a shocker two years for my husband and I, and for everyone, really.

“I always play my favourite numbers on my Keno entries, though these have changed over the years.
“I’d put this Keno ticket on but had left before the draw.

“At home, I looked at the results online, and that’s how I found out.

“It was about 10.30pm on New Year’s Eve that I knew I was a winner.”

The woman added it was “great to finish 2021 on a high”.

“I’m not sure what we’ll do with the prize at the moment,” she admitted.

“It will be great to just have it in the bank and, hopefully, this is a sign of good things to come in 2022.”

The winning entry was purchased at Club Maitland City, in 14 Arthur Street, Rutherford.

In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, Keno players across the eastern states of mainland Australia celebrated more than 64 million wins collectively worth more than $853 million.

During this time, Keno crowned 19 millionaires and multi-millionaires who collectively took home more than $43.69 million.

Ten of these major winners were from New South Wales and the ACT, including Crescent Head neighbours who won a Keno Mega Millions 10 Spot prize of more than $5.82 million.

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