TWO Lotto players from Perth’s eastern suburbs are holding onto tickets worth almost $1 million.
Saturday’s draw saw five division one winners across the country, with one of the tickets sold from High Wycombe News and Lotteries, and the other fromCarramar Lottery Centre and News in Morley.
Kalem Hayes from High Wycombe News and Lotteries said he was ‘over the moon’ to sell the store’s first division one prize.
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READ NOW“My father and I took over the business 18 months ago and our goal was to sell a division one ticket and we’ve been able to do that in a short amount of time,” he said.
“We recently sold a division two prize and before Saturday’s draw one of our staff members said they had a funny feeling.
“I’m delighted this prize has been won in our community.”
Lotterywest Spokesperson Jennie Fitzhardinge said the winning duo have doubled WA’s division one winners’ list for 2020.
“We are only a few weeks into 2020 and already have four WA division one winners,” Ms Fitzhardinge said.