Adrian Portelli announces winner of $15million The Block house giveaway after competition was marred by major technology issues

Adrian ‘Mr Lambo’ Portelli has announced the winner of his huge giveaway.

The 35-year-old billionaire spent $15 million buying all five Phillip Island homes in the 2024 season of The Block and gave them all away in a record-breaking lottery.

The house giveaway was previously marred by technological glitches, forcing him to delay announcing the winner.

However, it got back on track 24 hours later, with more than 111,000 viewers tuning in on Facebook.

Portelli called the winner, a 34-year-old Ballarat woman named Holly, to tell her the good news that she had won.

“Oh my God, no way. “I didn’t watch the live on purpose because I thought it would be bad luck,” Portelli said during the phone call.

The 35-year-old billionaire spent $15 million buying all five Phillip Island homes in the 2024 season of The Block and gave them all away in a record-breaking raffle to a Ballarat woman

Holly chose to sleep on the choice between taking $8 million in cash or keeping all five properties.

The planned lottery through his company LMCT+ had hit a major roadblock on Thursday due to technical issues, with Adrian deciding to ‘pause’ the promotion.

The winner was due to be announced on Boxing Day at 8.30pm, but the results were postponed for 24 hours due to problems.

A post shared on Instagram read: ‘PLEASE NOTE: Due to technical issues, winners will now be drawn tomorrow, 8:30pm AEDT. The promotion ended at the specified time.

‘No more entries will be generated for this promotional giveaway. Thank you for your support and understanding.’

In a video, Adrian explained that the competition closed at 8pm as planned, but due to the huge amount of traffic on the website, the LMCT+ systems subsequently crashed.

Although the issue was resolved in time, Adrian said he still postponed the lottery so he can “go through everything personally” and ensure it is successful.

“This is what happens when you perform things live, unfortunately, that’s how you know it’s all legit, because these kinds of things happen,” he said.

The planned lottery through his company LMCT+ had hit a major roadblock on Thursday due to technical issues, with Adrian deciding to ‘pause’ the promotion

“It’s annoying, I’m frustrated, but I’d rather be safe and preserve my company’s reputation and my reputation and not disappoint you or break trust in any way.

‘Once I’m sure everything is working properly, we’ll draw the winners. We will draw the winner tomorrow at 8:30 PM.

“The guys will work all night, test everything and make sure it’s OK, and then we’ll move on.”

The lucky winner will take home all five properties on Phillip Island, or receive $8 million in cash.

At LMCT+’s “rewards club,” customers pay for various membership levels to receive entries for luxury giveaways.

During the 2024 finale of The Block, Adrian made history by purchasing all five properties for a whopping $15 million.

In his final year bidding on the show, Adrian made Maddy and Charlotte Harry the youngest ever winners when he bought their house for $3.5 million.

Adrian’s company, LMCT+, has regularly raffled off properties from The Block, including last year’s $5 million purchase of Steph and Gian’s winning home.

Shortly after buying up the entire parcel of homes on Phillip Island, Adrian then announced his massive ‘resort giveaway’ via LMCT+.