After a so-so run in the Cox Plate last month, where he ended up a bit black and blue, Green Moon ran back into form with a vengeance.
Owned by Lloyd Williams, and resident in Australia for more than twelve months, Green Moon had the race comfortably in his grasp under the firm hand of Brett Prebble by a third of the way through. As we predicted, our tips were useless with Fiorente and Jakalberry taking out the minor placings. Our best placed horse, Kelinni, was 4th.
But for those who came home from work sweeps, or an annual flutter, empty-handed, there’s always Oz Lotto which has a record $100 million jackpot – the equivalent of having won the Melbourne Cup 28 times.
Picking the correct 7 out of 45 numbered balls is a 45 to 1,000,000 chance and despite the fact that a record one in every three Australians purchased an Oz Lotto ticket, it’s always possible that no one will win again tonight and the prize pool will jackpot further.
With the Reserve Bank putting interest rates on hold, Australia’s retailers will be hoping that their very early Christmas decorations will entice shoppers to spend big and keep spending for the next eight weeks after encouraging retail sales figures in the September quarter.
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