Australian student wins $10 million with lottery ticket forgotten 10 months ago
PERTH, Australia (AP) — An Australian student worried about her parents' money problems rifled through a pile of her lottery tickets Thursday and discovered that she had won 13 million Australian dollars ($10 million) 10 months ago, a state lottery agency said.
The student, living in the west coast city of Perth, received the winning ticket for a draw on July 22 last year as a gift from her father, Western Australia state agency Lotterywest said.
She had been unaware that it would have expired after 12 months, it said in a statement.