IT is a long held fact the Shoalhaven is one of the luckiest places in the state when it comes to winning major prizes in Lotteries, Lotto or Powerball.
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The Nowra Mall Papershop has taken that luck to a new level with three first prize winners in the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot in the past four months.
Owner Claude Vaccari admitted the business was on a “great run of success”.
“We are proving pretty lucky,” he said.
“The great thing is, all three winners have been locals and are all regular customers.
“None had any idea they had actually won first prize.
“Apparently they don’t notify first prize winners anymore, so it was a nice surprise.”
He said each was “speechless” about their wins.
“When we check their tickets, the machine comes up blocked which means they have won a major prize,” he said.
“We contact Lotteries and they then inform the lucky winners how much they have won.”
In each case it was $100,000.
“Not a bad investment for $2,” Mr Vaccari said.
“I don’t hold the record in NSW. Apparently another outlet has three first prizes as well but they achieved it in three months, but no one has more than three wins in such a short time,” he said.
He said his other most successful run of success was when he sold a Lotto win and a Super Jackpot win two months apart.
For the record, the lucky winners were all women.
