No more overtime for 14 factory workers who scooped $40 million Powerball

THERE are 14 new multi-millionaires in town after a group of Western Sydney factory workers made a last minute decision to enter last night’s $40 million Powerball jackpot.

Punters purchase tickets for the Powerball.

THERE are 14 new multi-millionaires in town after a group of Western Sydney factory workers made a last minute decision to enter last night’s $40 million Powerball jackpot.

The syndicate, who bought the winning entry at The Mall Newsagency in the main street of Campbelltown, only decided to put the entry in yesterday afternoon.

One of the winners, who have chosen not to reveal their identities, said they have been regularly working overtime to make ends meet.

Along with the first division Powerhit 20 jackpot and a series of divisional prizes, the blue collar winners have walked away with a total $40,445,165.25 in cash – close to $2.9 million each.

“We’re so excited this morning,” the syndicate leader said.

“I got a phone call last night after the draw from one of the syndicate members who asked me to check our ticket because he was sure we’d just won Powerball!

“After I checked our ticket and saw that we had all the winning numbers, the phone calls were flying around – my phone was ringing like mad. Everyone was calling everyone about the win – it’s was crazy.”

The group spokesman said some of the workers could not stop shaking with excitement after they learned the news.

“One of the guys even said his hair was standing on end and his face was tingling from the shock of it all,” he said.

“We’re all hard workers and we all put in long shifts at work to earn some extra money for our families. We’ll be having some sort of get-together soon to celebrate this big win.

“It was actually an out-of-the-blue entry in last night’s $40 million Powerball draw. Yesterday I was at work and just decided to organise a workplace syndicate entry - everyone put some money in and now we’ve hit the jackpot>’

“You always read about people winning division one and think if only, and suddenly it’s happened to us! I’m not too sure if anyone has made any plans yet but I’ll be retiring and I think a few of the others might too.”

Newsagency manager Sandro Borsato was thrilled he has helped the worker scoop the Powerball pool.

“It’s fantastic! Finally we got a big one!” Mr Borsato said.

“It’s a dream come true for the staff at the outlet too! We’re over-the-moon to know that we’ve helped not just one but fourteen people become multi-millionaires!

“I think once news gets around that Campbelltown has sold a $40 million winning Powerball ticket, the place is going to be buzzing!”

The winning numbers were: 1, 20, 38, 11, 2 and 25. The Powerball number was 5.