A Tasmanian retiree has won $133,089 playing Keno while killing time in a Melbourne pub as his wife went shopping.
The man, who was on holiday in Melbourne, hit the Keno Classic 8 Spot jackpot in draw 159 on Monday.
He bought his winning entry at The Mail Exchange Hotel on Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD.
“It’s pretty exciting!” he said when a Keno official confirmed the win.
“My wife went shopping yesterday and I didn’t want to shop so I took myself to the local hotel.”
“While I was there, I watched the replay of the Carlton victory and put on a game of Keno.”
He said he’d played 25 games and was convinced his luck was out.
“By the time it got to the 20th game, I still hadn’t seen a single number come up,” he said.
“I was thinking, ‘This is going terribly!’.”
“Then I saw all the eight numbers come up and I almost had a bloody heart attack.”
With $133,000 heading into his bank account, the man said his first priority was his family.
“I think we’ll treat our family to a holiday but for now, we’ll take it as it comes,” he said.
He and his wife marked the occasion with a night out.
“My wife and I then went out for a celebratory dinner and had a few drinks to celebrate,” he said.
“It was lovely.”
