Mount Magnet Post & Lotteries owner Jade Reed ticks selling winning division 1 Lotto ticket off bucket list

The owner of a remote Mid West store which has sold one of WA’s most recent division 1-winning Lotto ticket says she can now happily retire now after ticking that feat off her bucket list. There were four division one winners across the country in last Saturday’s draw, including one who bought their ticket from Mount Magnet Post and Lotteries. That golden ticket is worth more than $1.3 million, but at the time of writing it was still unclaimed. Store owner Jade Reed said she could retire happily now as selling a ticket that won division one was on her bucket list. “We make a commission from the sales, we make nothing from a win. But it’s good advertising,” she said. Ms Reed said she would never know who the winner was and it was most likely a visitor, although it would be a bonus if it was a local. “It would be good, but that comes with its own problems then too,” she said. “If somebody wins $1.3 million, they’re going to have a lot of hangers-on. “If you’re not in it, you can’t win it.” Lotterywest spokeswoman Lisa Williams said there had been a solid Lotto start in 2022 for WA. “WA has seen six division one wins over the past two weeks, with our tally now at 23 for the year,” she said. Unclaimed prize money goes back to the WA community through Lotterywest grants.