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Old Lottery Ticket Worth $13,000,000
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Woman wins $13m with 10-month-old Lotto ticket
May 28, 2009
Australian Associated Press
A WOMAN who delved through a bundle of old Lotto tickets because of her family's money worries has come up with more than $13 million.
The woman, a West Australian university student in her 30s, won $13,185,273 after checking a 10-month old lottery ticket she'd received as a gift from her father.The ticket was for a $50 million Oz Lotto jackpot draw on July 22, 2008.
Unaware of the ticket's 12-month expiry date, the woman decided to check a bundle of lotto tickets, hoping for a small win to help out her family.
"I woke up this morning worried about our finances,'' the woman told Lotterywest in Perth on Thursday.
"Something made me think to check the tickets and I thought that if I win something, then I could help mum and dad out.''
Originally thinking she had won just over $13,000, the woman said she managed to remain calm as she was informed of the actual amount.
"I checked the commas and decimal places and then realised,'' she said.
"I always remember mum telling me that if I won Lotto, not to start jumping up and down in the shopping centre.''
The winning ticket was a $8.70 "slikpik", bought from the Beechboro Newsagency in Perth's eastern suburbs.
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