Ten lucky Canberrans woke up on the right side of the bed on Sunday morning after winning a share of $2.1 million.
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The ten shareholders in an ACT store syndicate won the whopping divisions one prize in the weekend's Saturday Lotto $21 million superdraw.
The winning store syndicate was sold at Jamison Plaza News in Macquarie, with owner Dominic De Marco saying he was thrilled.
"This is our first division one winning ticket and rather than one happy customer we've got 10 shareholders all celebrating this $2.1 million win," he said in a statement.
Mr De Marco said the store syndicate had been set up especially for Saturday's superdraw and the win would have made Mother's Day extra special for the customers who were now each $210,000 richer.
"We've really enjoyed telling everyone who comes into the store that we've sold our first division one winning entry and it was a store syndicate," he said.
Mr De Marco said a store syndicate had been set up for Tuesday's $25 million Oz Lotto draw.
"As you'd imagine those shares are now very popular – they're selling really fast," he said.
Along with Canberra's winning entry, there were three division one winning entries purchased in New South Wales, one each in Queensland and South Australia, and two each in Victoria and Western Australia.
The winning numbers in the May 7 lotto draw were 31, 14, 1, 24, 35 and 3, with the supplementary numbers 8 and 17.
