Tourist Wins $76K Oregon Lottery Prize In Seaside

SEASIDE, OR — Washington resident Tony Beck recently had the rare luck to return home from vacation in Oregon with more money than he had when he left.

During a trip from the Trip-Cities to Seaside with his family, Beck — a Kennewick resident — played Keno at Dundee's Bar & Grill while eating. Unfamiliar with the Oregon Lottery game, Beck told officials he wasn't even sure how to play before he won $76,000.

“Honestly, I haven’t played Oregon Lottery Keno,” Beck admitted to lottery officials. “My wife wanted to play while we were at the place eating, so we did.”

After picking his numbers Beck added the $1 multiplier, officials said, which ultimately turned a $15,000 win into a $75,000 win. The only thing he didn't get was the Keno Bullseye prize.

“That’s amazing that a one-dollar option was worth $60,000,” Beck said. “With the kids I have in college and diapers, it will get soaked up.”

In its 16 years in business, Dundee's had never sold such a significant winning lottery ticket, according to the bar's owner, Neil Dundas.

“We’ve been open since 2002 and have never sold a Lottery ticket with a prize this large,” Dundas told Oregon Lottery officials. “It’s the first big jackpot we’ve had. We’re a good local restaurant and bar but during the spring and summer months we get a lot of tourists, like Tony. We usually see $1,600 or $1,800 wins on Video Lottery, but never anything like this.”

Between 2015 and 2017, the Oregon Lottery reportedly invested $8.5 million in lottery proceeds toward economic development, parks, education and watershed enhancement in Seaside's Clatsop County.

For more information on the Oregon Lottery or its games, visit OregonLottery.org.

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