The block in which the above post is included has a merkle root of 726f6c9acdd67cbd52a859e25144c62b5ff95641.
To find the winner we:

1. Convert the merkle root into base 10:
   726f6c9acdd67cbd52a859e25144c62b5ff95641 = 653309791394925161544579145407430629247050929729.
2. Compute the residual after dividing by the number of tickets: 653309791394925161544579145407430629247050929729 mod 253 = 189.
3. This is the winning ticket, held by @zoidsoft.

Congratulations!