{"id":240264,"date":"2022-10-31T13:34:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=240264"},"modified":"2022-10-31T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:31:36","slug":"aussie-goldminers-win-53m-powerball-jackpot-boss-wants-them-back-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/aussie-goldminers-win-53m-powerball-jackpot-boss-wants-them-back-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball Jackpot Worth $53M Won by Aussie Goldminers, Boss Wants Them Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lottery winners are warned to watch out for gold diggers. But what about when gold diggers turn out to be lottery winners? Real, literal gold diggers.<\/p>\n

\"Goldminers
Goldminers in Western Australia. Twenty workers struck it rich last Thursday, just not in the way you might imagine. (Image: The Western Australian<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That’s exactly what has happened to 20 nightshift miners at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder goldmine in Western Australia. They hit the motherlode last Thursday in the form of an AU$53 million Powerball Jackpot.<\/p>\n

Mine boss Chris Wood is hoping they don\u2019t quit. He told ABC<\/em> they\u2019re \u201cgreat workers\u201d and make up his \u201cbest shift.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sounds like he struck gold when he hired them. Unfortunately for Wood, there\u2019s little incentive for the miners to stick around. Each one of their 20-member syndicate is now AU$2.6million richer.<\/p>\n

First-Time Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For a group of people accustomed to sluicing and dredging in the dirt for long hours in the search of riches, one winning miner told local radio station 6PR<\/em> that lottery success had been almost instantaneous. The winning draw had been the first time the syndicate had played.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just couldn’t believe it, we all put $100 in, spur of the moment sort of thing,\u201d the miner, known only as \u201cPeter,\u201d told 6PR<\/em>. \u00a0\u201cThis was a one-off because it was a big draw \u2026 I couldn\u2019t believe it, I checked the ticket about 10 times,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Thursday\u2019s Powerball prize was AU$160 million, an Australian record. The jackpot was split three ways with two other winners, a dad from New South Wales and a man from Victoria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is the second time in a year that residents of the remote mining town in Western Australia, around 400 miles from Perth, have hit it big on the lottery. In February, 250 Kalgoorlie residents pooled their tickets to claim a A$63 million jackpot, News.com.au reports.<\/p>\n

Kalgoorlie is so remote that syndicate members will have to make a 13-hour round trip to pick up the checks.<\/p>\n

\u2018Still Loading Trucks\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, one of the miners suggested in a video uploaded to Facebook that she might stick around after all.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo yeah, there’s 18 at my work who are now millionaires,\u201d she explained, although all other reports claim 20. \u201cYou know how they say, one Powerball and I’m out of here? Well, it ain’t true. I’ve known since the start of my shift and I’m still loading trucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

That offers a glimmer of hope for Wood, the miners\u2019 distraught boss. But as he probably knows only too well, all that glitters is not gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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