SA: John and Elizabeth the lucky names on lotto

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2007
SA: John and Elizabeth the lucky names on lotto

ADELAIDE, Aug 21 AAP - Anyone who fancies winning big on South Australian lotteries
better be named John or Elizabeth.

Or Robert or Peter, they also do well.

Lotteries SA has released a list of the luckiest names when it comes to winning the top prizes.

It said that since 1997 more than 860 South Australians had shared in $526 million
in division one lotto prizes.

Of those, people named John had won the most, sharing in $27 million after winning 26 times.

The next best was Robert on 25 wins, followed by Peter on 13 and Stephen and Andrew on 12.

Among female winners, those named Elizabeth had done best, picking up 10 first division
prizes ahead of Barbara, Margaret, Catherine and Debra all on seven.

With his name ranked fourth on the list, Surrey Downs resident Stephen Donato admitted
he has been lucky on the lotteries.

In February 2002, he picked up a handy $50,000 for a winning ticket in Keno and was
quite happy with that.

"So imagine my surprise when I won another $50,000 top prize last week with the very
same numbers," he said.

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