KATHERINE Platts' husband always said her "special" Keno numbers would never come up.

But yesterday the Sydney woman's did just that. The combination - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Mrs Platts was one of four winners across NSW who chose those numbers and shared a $2.15 million jackpot.

"My husband always said to me, 'What are you doing playing those numbers? They will never come up' but it looks like today was my day," Mrs Platts said.

Mathematicians said the odds of that sequence of numbers winning was exactly the same as any other sequence.

Mrs Platts, 53, of Bonnyrigg, bought her ticket after a work golf outing at the New Brighton Golf Club.

When she told her husband that she and three others had won with the sequential combination, Mrs Platts said he responded with disbelief.



"He said to me, 'What? There are three other people who would be that silly'," she said.

Mrs Platts said she would use the money to buy a home near the beach for their retirement. "It means we can have our dream and we'll just rent it out until we are ready to retire," she said.

The other winners included a Dapto man who bought a ticket at Dapto Leagues Club, a Lakehaven woman who played at Wallarah Bay Recreation Club and a Waratah woman who played at The Waratah Rugby Union Club.