| Lotto mistake delivers $1.7m surprise |
A second Lotto ticket put on by mistake has delivered a syndicate of 11 mates two Division One prizes in last weekend's Saturday draw.
The syndicate members have taken home two prizes of $866,108 each, delivering a total prize of $1.7 million.
The syndicate bought the second ticket by mistake.
"I'd put on our normal weekly Saturday Lotto ticket, but on a ticket previously purchased I'd accidently selected the advanced play option.
"This meant I doubled up on last weekend's draw resulting in two entries for the same draw," he said.
"It then just so happened to be 'that' draw that we won Lotto on giving us not one, but two Division 1 prizes. It's just stunning!" he said.
Each syndicate member will walk away with $157,474.
The winning tickets were purchased from The Lucky Charm News in Willetton and Applecross Village Newsagency.
The syndicate members from Perth's southern suburbs are aged from 30 to 60 and have been playing Lotto together for the past 12 years.
The winning numbers were based on the syndicate members birthdays and lucky numbers.
Spending plans for the syndicate winners included paying off mortgages, holidays and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Last weekend's Saturday Lotto draw delivered three WA winners but Lotterywest is still waiting to hear from the Division One winner who purchased their ticket from The Lucky Charm News Noranda.
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