From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-555952-570981
PERTH, Australia (UPI) -- An Australian woman said she did not realize
she had a lottery ticket worth more than $10 million until 10 months
after the drawing.
The 30-year-old Perth university student said her father gave her the
ticket as a gift in July 2008 and she forgot about the lottery after
putting the ticket in a drawer, the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
reported.
"I woke up this morning worried about our finances," said the woman,
who asked not to be named. "Something made me think to check the
tickets and I thought that if I win something, then I could help Mum
and Dad out."
The woman, who asked not to be named, said she initially thought the
ticket was only worth about $10,000, but she soon discovered it was
worth more than $10 million. Lottery officials had been perplexed for
months by the largest unclaimed prize on record in Australia.