Someone on the Gold Coast is about to miss out on a life-changing lotto prize, with time running out to claim their big win.
A mystery player had one of six winning tickets in the Saturday Gold Lotto draw back on Saturday, August 11 2018, scoring a tidy $671.513.
But the person has never come forward to collect their prize.
In Queensland, winners have up to seven years to claim their prize, meaning the mystery player has just weeks before they will miss out.
The unregistered ticket is currently the oldest unclaimed lottery prize across Australia.
“It’s highly likely our mystery winner has been going about the past seven years as normal with no idea they’ve been sitting on a winning ticket worth $670,000,” The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell said.
“We know other big winners have stashed their winning tickets in all sorts of places – from the fridge door to the car console – so it’s worth searching all nooks and crannies for unchecked tickets.
“This is a great reminder to all players to register their tickets to a player card or online account. If this player had registered their ticket to The Lott Members Club, they would have already been united with their good fortune seven years ago.
The winning ticket was purchased at Golden Lucky News at Westfield Helensvale.
“It’s hard to believe the division one winner still hasn’t come forward after all these years. We’re really hoping they’ll check their ticket and finally claim their prize,” store owner Melanie Zhi said.
“While most of our customers are locals, we do get plenty of visitors from various places, especially from New South Wales. Honestly, the winner could be anyone.
“I took over the outlet late last year, and it would be incredible if the mystery winner came forward. What a moment that would be!”
