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Western Australian man makes Lotto history

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Western Australian person has made history by being the only player receiving their entire 50 million Australian dollar (36.7 million U.S. dollar) lottery prize on Thursday night.

LotteryWest on Friday said the "Powerball" jackpot was the largest prize ever won in the Western Australia, smashing the previous record of 30 million Australian dollars (21.93 million U. S. dollars), won four times in the past, most recently in May.

The Lottery officials have withheld the players' name and the location of the winning ticket's purchase for privacy and safety reasons. Endi