“We’re a gambling town ... if you want to be safe in life,go and become a farmer or work in an office in Perth,but if you want to run the risk of finding a nugget or nothing,go to Kalgoorlie,” he said.
One winner of the $63 million said at the time that “this was life-changing for so many people”.
Over the past six weeks of Powerball’s jackpot roll more than $29.7 million has been spent on tickets in WA.
Division Two winning tickets were sold from Michael’s Health Care Chemist in Wembley,Northam Central Newsagency,Eaton Fair Lottery Kiosk and via Lotterywest Play Online.
The WA winner is just one of three division-one prize winners of Thursday night’s $160 million jackpot which marked the biggest in the nation’s history.
The other two winners – who are both now exactly $53,333,333.34 richer – were from Victoria andNew South Wales.
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