Devonport woman wins $50k on Big Top Bingo Ticket
A lucky Tassie woman has confessed the money jar she uses to save her scratchie winnings isn’t big enough to hold the $50k prize she won. See where the winning ticket was from >>
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A DEVONPORT woman has confessed the money jar she uses to save her Instant Scratch-Its winnings isn’t big enough to hold the $50,000 prize she won on a $4 Big Top Bingo ticket.
The top prize winning $4 Big Top Bingo Instant Scratch-Its ticket was purchased at Centre Newsagency, Devonport.
“When I saw that I had won $50,000 I screamed so loudly. I was jumping up and down on the bed!” the winner laughed.
“Whenever my partner gets paid, he buys us $10 worth of scratchies to play. Whatever we win, if it is $5 or $20, I cash it in and put the money in a money jar.
“My money jar won’t be big enough to fit this win in.
“We haven’t done anything to celebrate just yet as we are waiting for it to land in the bank account.
“Once it does though we’re going to take the whole family out for a Chinese dinner as we love Chinese food.”
When asked how she planned to enjoy her windfall, the thrilled woman declared it would go a long way towards realising her dream of owning her own home.
Centre Newsagency Devonport owner Gary Marshall said he was thrilled to have sold a top prize winning Instant Scratch-Its ticket.
“What great news for our customer, we are thrilled to have sold another top prize.
“A few years back we sold a $200,000 prize, so it’s great to have had another one.”
Between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020, there were 151 Instant Scratch-Its top prize winners across The Lott’s jurisdictions who collectively took home more than $11.8 million in top prizes.
During this same time, Instant Scratch-Its players enjoyed more than 29.1 million wins across all prize tiers worth more than $235.25 million.
This equates to more than half a million dollars won on Instant Scratch-Its every day.
Originally published as Devonport woman wins $50k on Big Top Bingo Ticket