The block in which the above post is included has a merkle root of 5f389ea6afef7b861ee8bf52e702c39c19289f63.
To find the winner we:

1. Convert the merkle root into base 10:
   5f389ea6afef7b861ee8bf52e702c39c19289f63 = 543616785421290960266900822324719371547073617763.
2. Compute the residual after dividing by the number of tickets: 543616785421290960266900822324719371547073617763 mod 2496 = 1763.
3. This is the winning ticket, held by @knircky.

Congratulations!