Poll

What would you do if you won Oz Lotto?

This poll ended on 31 August 2010.

• Buy everything I've ever wanted and keep spending until it has all gone.
• 2%
• Spend it on myself and the wishlists of my family and friends.
• 24%
• Buy something incredibly lavish and bank the rest.
• 15%
• See a financial planner and invest it wisely.
• 36%
• Hide it and never tell anyone.
• 11%
• Give it all to charity.
• 9%

This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.

GYMPIE people will be hoping their winning lottery form holds tonight, with a massive $90 million guaranteed jackpot in Oz Lotto's record Tuesday night draw.

Golden Casket gambling products, including Powerball, Gold Lotto, and Oz 7 Lotto and Instant Scratch-Its, have become almost an industry in the Gympie region, bringing in their own $3.5 million stimulus package over the past 12 months.

A check of winners in our region shows big $1 million-plus Gold Lotto wins, $1,392,341.83 in one prize from a ticket purchased at Gympie Market Place News and two of $1 million each from newsXpress Gympie.

Goldfields News and Casket and Patrick's Casket and Newsagency each sold Gold Lotto entries netting $15,268.

Patrick's also sold a $13,393.50 winner, newsXpress $10,697.70, Lucky Jim's News and Casket Agency $10,105.05, newsXpress 9829.65, Lucky Jim's $7724.20 and $6607.20, Gympie Market Place $6147.10, Goldfields $5099.15 and newsXpress $991.25.

Instant Scratch-Its also brought some big money, a newsXpress Gympie ticket winning $250,000 and another bringing in $750, Lucky Jim's $1000 and $750, Patrick's scooping three winners at $750 each, Tiaro Newsagency $750 (twice), Gympie Market Place News $750, Tin Can Bay News $750 (twice) and with other $750 prizes from tickets sold at The Victory Store, Pomona News and Casket, Goldfields, Gympie Mary Street News and Goomeri News.