Two winners to share record A$106 million Australian lottery

Comment #17

corius$1918! — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:02:20 GMT

Thanks so much for the information. I like the idea of a membership card to store numbers on. I truly love no taxes from your winnings. (smile).

Again, thanks, I don't feel so dumb anymore.

Comment #16

myturn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:52:42 GMT

In Australia, players have to option of registering with the state lottery. You present your card when you want to buy tickets. In NSW you can store your numbers on the card, if you want to play the same numbers each week.

With the Players Registration Card, as it is called, your tickets are protected if they are lost or stolen. And, if you win small prizes and don't collect them at the newsagent, the lottery post a cheque to your address. If you win jackpot or large prize they will call you.... [ More ]

Comment #15

myturn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:46:08 GMT

Punt: To wager on the outcome of a race/game.

Punter: Person making the wager.

Comment #14

myturn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:39:49 GMT

battler

The word battler has been in the English language for a long time. The word is a borrowing from French in the Middle English period, and meant, literally, `a person who battles or fights', and figuratively `a person who fights against the odds or does not give up easily'. The corresponding English word was feohtan which gives us modern English 'to fight'. English also borrowed the word war from the French in the twelfth century; it's the same word as modern French guerre.

But the w... [ More ]

Comment #13

corius$1918! — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:17:51 GMT

I read the story twice, what did i miss. How did the authorities know who won and how to contact them since they requested to be anonymous?

Will someone educate me

Comment #12

MaddMike51 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:21:47 GMT

Thanks,Todd.I know there is a heck of a difference between the Kings English and American English.I have a buddy that lives in Australia and I can't understand anything he says and he can't understand much of what I say,either.

Comment #11

Todd — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:20:06 GMT

These are colloquial terms used in Australia and also in Britain. It's kind of annoying that news media in those countries use these kinds of terms, but that's how they tend to write. The use many informal (colloquial) phrases that one might hear on the street there, but which are not proper terms.

A punter is a gambler. A battler is someone who always tries to do the right thing, but ends up making a fool of himself.

Comment #10

Todd — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:09:47 GMT

@Myturn:

Please do not copy paste any more news stories onto the forums. I know I've said that many times, and I've also mentioned the correct way to submit news stories.

There are many reasons for this is requirement, but I really don't want to get into them again.

Just please do not copy news content from another site and paste it into the forums.

Comment #9

MaddMike51 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:04:25 GMT

What is a Battler a Punter .Oz english is different than American english.Sometimes its difficult to understand you folks from downunder.

Comment #8

myturn — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:43:49 GMT

The Adelaide punter reportedly purchased a 14 game Ezi-Pick ticket costing $15.05 from a cafe in the city's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

He was a regular punter who had been trying for a big win for 20 years.

Lotto agents used his membership card to contact him just hours after the draw last night.

I just watched the draw, matched three numbers and the other four numbers just fell into place, the man told agents.

I couldn t move, I couldn t react, I couldn t do anything but... [ More ]

Comment #7

myturn — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:41:18 GMT

A Gold Coast couple who won a $53 million share of the historic Oz 7 Lotto draw are off to work despite their massive windfall. We re just going to take some time to absorb it and go about our daily lives until it starts to sink in. I m still going to work today, the husband said this morning. The middle aged couple watched the draw last night and received the shock of their life when they crossed off all seven winning numbers on their Jumbo Quickpick entry. We checked it over and over and over

Comment #6

myturn — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:37:21 GMT

A 40-year-old battler now $53 million richer is still reeling from the shock of his Oz Lotto numbers coming up. But the Gold Coast winners of the bonanza have gone to work today.

As details emerged about the owners of the two lucky tickets that shared last night s $106 million jackpot, it was revealed that one winner had never bought an Oz Lotto ticket before, while the other was described as a battler.

A middle-aged couple from the Gold Coast, having their first lottery flutter and a Sout... [ More ]

Comment #5

pumpi76 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:13:55 GMT

What Australia needs to do is create an ASIAN Continental LOtto Stock Market or System that creates Lotto Millionaires and is tax and each country receives some tax kind of like the way Powerball is shared with other states...I've been saying this but nobody listens...

Also Australia needs to talk to its population into playing: Professions Job Powerball that will be used for stuff that the country needs and it needs to tax the lottery 37% to 50% the way the USA does but it needs to talk to i... [ More ]

Comment #4

HaveABall — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:04:45 GMT

Congratulations to the TWO ticket holders and everyone that they choose to share with!

In reading this article, the MAJOR statement that most excited me was: Australians can take their winnings in a tax-free, lump sum. Woo Hoo, no 34%+ taxes (State and Federal/National) withdrawn!!! A TRUE what you see is what you get prize.

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:50:46 GMT

Congrats to both winners

Comment #2

MaddMike51 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:30:54 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winners

Comment #1

JackpotWanna — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:17:07 GMT

Holders of the winning Oz Lotto entries, who asked to remain anonymous, will each take about A$53 million in the second-largest single payouts in Australian lottery history.

Very smart! WTG! Make your dreams come true

Two winners to share record A$106 million Australian lottery

Lottery Post — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:03 GMT

A couple from Queensland state and a man from South Australia will share more than A$106 million (US$86 million) as the only jackpot winners in the nation's record lottery drawn last night.

Holders of the winning Oz Lotto entries, who asked to remain anonymous, will each take about A$53 million in the second-largest single payouts in Australian lottery history. The previous record jackpot of A$58.7 million was won on a single ticket last year.

The first division prize pool, created after 1... [ More ]