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BLACKHEATH, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia – A windfall of more than a quarter-of -a-million dollars has come the way of someone in Blackheath in the past 24 hours.

Whoever it was has scored themselves a Keno 9 Spot win in game 957, earning him, her or they, the sum of $262,000.

All this just for having an afternoon at their local golf club.

Who the winner is cannot be divulged as they have chosen to be anonymous.

What can be told is the ticket was purchased at the Blackheath Golf Club on Thursday afternoon.

Operations Manager at the club Jacob McAndrew said it was a Keno win the club will never forget.

“It’s really great to see such a big win land in our small club and it’s even better when it goes to a local patron,” he said Friday. “The staff and the winner were really in shock yesterday and the celebrations certainly continued into the night.” “We’ve never had a Keno win that big here so we won’t be forgetting it any time soon!” the golf club manager said. Keno spokesperson Lauren Cooney said Friday there was no doubt this winner had an unforgettable day on the green yesterday. “While we don’t know if this Keno player’s golf skills are up to scratch, we do know they had the perfect swing yesterday and hit a hole-in-one playing Keno,” she said.