A rural Victorian has won a $40 million lotto, but may well be unaware of this.
Oz Lotto has revealed the winning ticket was sold in Leongatha, south-east of Melbourne. It said nobody had yet come forward to claim the prize.
The company has revealed the name of the news agency that sold the winning ticket, hoping to be able to locate the winner.
“Tatts has narrowed the search for the mystery ticket holder and released selling outlet details, so that customers of this store will waste no more time in checking their unregistered Oz Lotto tickets,” an Oz Lotto statement read.
The ticket was sold at Nextra Newsagency Leongatha, on Bair Street.
The South Gippsland town is home to only about 6800 people.
Oz Lotto said they would release more details if the winner still failed to come forward.
The newsagency’s owner, Peter Watchorn, said the win was of particular importance in a community of dairy farmers struggling with the reduction of milk prices.
“This is such positive news and the town will be buzzing,” he said.
