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Rinehart gives away millions to workers in birthday raffle

Australia richest person, Gina Rinehart, will give away millions of dollars a year to miners and other workers in annual random prize draws to mark her birthday and Christmas celebrations.

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Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has started randomly handing out $100,000 prizes to Hancock Prospecting workers as part of a multimillion-dollar giveaway that is part of celebrations to mark her 69th birthday on Thursday.

Australia’s richest person is set to give away 41 prizes in all, or $4.1 million, with about 4000 workers spread across her private company’s mining, energy and agriculture divisions in the running.

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Brad Thompson writes across business and politics from Western Australia for The Australian Financial Review. Brad is based in our Perth bureau. Connect with Brad on Twitter. Email Brad at brad.thompson@afr.com

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