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A couple who were about to lose their home have found themselves instant millionaires after a win at Keno.
Truckie Frank Weis and his partner Kim, from Park Ridge in Queensland, southwest of Brisbane, had been struggling to make ends meet for the past couple of years.
A road accident 18 months ago injured Mr Weis's back, leaving him out of work and in need of surgery.
"You work all this time to get everything to have a good life, then the last two years I've had to sell a hell of a lot of stuff off to keep surviving," Mr Weis said.
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Their house was even set to be sold last Friday – but an administrative error delayed the sale.
And the pair saw their lives change that day when they indulged their usual Friday routine and went to the local pub to relax.
"We had enough for a beer and to put one game of Keno on, a $10 game," Kim said.
"It comes up and everyone was just looking around for who it was, and we'd fallen apart.
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That ticket is now worth $1.7 million.
Mr Weis called up the bank and told them they’d be staying put.
"He said, I guess you won't be selling," Mr Weis said.
"I said, you got that right."
Mr Weis has been playing the same 10 numbers in Keno for more than a decade.
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The combination includes his mother's birthday - which in a further coincidence was the very day the couple won big.
The couple celebrated their win with a day of fishing.
Keno's David Dicker said there was no "secret" to the game.
"Frank was just very lucky, came in at the right time," he said.
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"We couldn't think of a better or more deserving winner than Frank."
He said so far in 2017, more than 20 people had won over $1 million at Keno.
Mr Weis said they were now planning on how to spend their winnings.
Although a boat and a new Ford Mustang were on the cards, Mr Weis has another high-priority purchase to make.
"I didn't realise it ‘til I got home - I said to Kim, you know what, I didn't even shout the bar," he said.
Watch the full news bulletin on 9Now.