15 coworkers win $30 million Western Australia Powerball jackpot after member forgets to buy tickets

Comment #4

dannyct — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:48:49 GMT

The State Lottery of Western Australia, which was established 1932, is the only state lottery which is run by the State Government. All other Australian states have sold off the administration of their lotteries.

Comment #3

Artist77 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:00:32 GMT

I agree. It had nothing to do with honesty. The group membership process appears to have been very clearly established. Perhaps if it had not been so, he might have tried to cheat. And forgetting to buy a ticket, clearly shows the likelihood he might have made a substitution.

Comment #2

kao1632 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:46:14 GMT

If it was Bought under a membership , then it could be a membership used by the syndicate.

Makes it a bit difficult to hide a win.... But also tidies up paperwork.... so that tickets bought individually and for the syndicate are kept separate...

And.. Given that people are likely to notice that one of their people (The head of the syndicate) suddenly has a lot of money. Questions would be asked and.. Good case for a case of fraud against the rest of the syndicate...

Comment #1

Lotterologist — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 23:49:35 GMT

What an honest guy, to think of the other members!

Some people would have tried to keep it all for themselves.

Always happy to hear about a good guy winning the lottery.

Congrats to the club on their 30 million dollar win

15 coworkers win $30 million Western Australia Powerball jackpot after member forgets to buy tickets

Lottery Post — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:19:07 GMT

A mistake is just a happy accident

By Kate Northrop

A group of 15 coworkers claimed a $30 million (US$19.75 million) Western Australia Powerball jackpot after the group representative forgot to buy a lottery ticket for the correct drawing.

A slip-up led to an unexpected $30 million Powerball win after the group member in charge of buying tickets for a 15-person lottery pool missed a drawing for another game.

The anonymous group representative, who claimed the prize on behalf of h... [ More ]