Check Those Old Lottery Tickets!

Check Those Old Lottery Tickets! There must be some really forgetful people 'down under.' Recently there have been two instances of people rummaging through old lottery tickets and finding they had won huge jackpots! A 73 year old New South Wales grandmother won an astounding $2 million dollars from a four year old lottery ticket she had forgotten about.

The unnamed woman was rummaging through a dresser drawer when she came across an old envelope full of old lottery tickets. She left it for two more weeks and her husband said it was probably too old to check. Undaunted she went to a lottery agent who put her on the phone to a New South Wales lottery agent who informed her the ticket was worth $2 million dollars. The woman, who is a retired dairy farmer, said she went limp and did not tell her husband of her good fortune until they had left the shop. Said the grandmother, "We will use the money to help the family down the track but they don't know we've won. They'll find out when we leave this world."

In another instance of Aussie forgetfulness an Australian student who was worried about her parent's finances rummaged through a pile of old lottery tickets and discovered she had won $13 million Australian dollars. ($10 Million USD) The lottery ticket was 10 months old and would have expired in after 12 months after the drawing. The unnamed student who lives in Perth received the lottery ticket as a gift from her father. The young woman who wanted to help her parents said, "I woke up this morning worried about our finances. Something made me think to check the tickets and I thought that if I win something, then I could help mom and dad out." The unselfish woman also stated, "The people close to me will be looked after and I might give some to research or a charity of some kind. It's nice to have this much to fulfill my dreams and the dreams of the people around me."

European lotteries have allowed the sale of online lottery tickets with great success. In addition to the obvious convenience players can also check their online lottery tickets from their home computers or mobile devices eliminating the need for a trip to a lottery terminal to check numbers. If the Australian lottery allowed the purchase of online lottery tickets chances are that New South Wales woman would have been notifies of her big win via email.

The obvious lesson is: never throw away those old lottery tickets until you have checked them!

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