THE LOTTERY WIN THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA!
Jul 03, 2022
3 minutes
By John Burfitt
One image of an overjoyed Sydney man clutching his winning lottery ticket prompted a series of events that would ultimately result in the death of a child, shattering the lives of many.
On June 1 1960, Bazil Thorne was pictured on the front pages of many Sydney newspapers, holding the Opera House Lottery ticket which had won him £100,000 – about $3 million in today’s value.
Just over a month later,
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