A Mandurah woman has thanked her slow and leisurely pace while shopping as the reason for her $300,000 Scratch'n'Win prize.
The winner said she decided to visit newsXpress Mandurah to purchase a $20 WA Winners Club game.
“I was at the shops with my daughter, but I walk a bit slower than her,” she said.
“So, I grabbed a ticket while she took off into other shops.”
That decision led the player to purchase a game, now worth $300,000.
“I’ve never won anything before,” she said.
“I must have been looking at the scratchie for ten minutes in disbelief.”
Lotterywest spokesperson James Mooney said the win makes it 40 Scratch‘n’Win Top Prizes for WA in 2023.
“The past two Top Prize wins for WA have been from Mandurah,” Mr Mooney said.
“In late September a ticket from Nextra Forum West Newsagency sold a $200,000 prize.
“These 40 Top Prize winners from WA have shared in more than $4.1 million.”
Lotterywest, which celebrates 90 years this year, is the only State Government owned and operated lottery in Australia where all the profits are returned to the WA community.
Thanks to WA players and local retailers Lotterywest was able to provide a $300,000 grant to Multicultural Services Centre of Western Australia Incorporated.
This grant is going towards crisis and emergency relief to support people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds across Perth, Mandurah and Bunbury.
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