$40m Powerball winner yet to come forward four days on

The mystery of the lucky Perth resident who scored an eye-watering $40m Powerball jackpot on Thursday continues.

Lotterywest is still waiting for Thursday’s $40m Powerball winner to come forward.

Australia is still waiting to meet its mystery millionaire, with the Perth-based winner of the $40m Powerball yet to collect their earnings.

Four days on from the winning ticket’s reveal, all that is known is that the sole division one-winning entry for draw 1398 was purchased in Perth.

The ticket was sold to a single ticket holder rather than a syndicate who is yet to make contact with officials.

Gaming officials are hoping the West Australian long weekend is behind the delay, with the latest uncollected jackpot bringing the total number of unclaimed Perth Lottery HQ tickets worth more than $1m to five.

The winning numbers were 18, 14, 13, 16, 21, 19 and 29 – the Powerball was 18.

The ticket is not registered on the Lotterywest player’s registration service and was purchased in Perth’s metropolitan area on Thursday.

“Lotterywest is waiting to hear from WA’s $40m Powerball winner,” the organisation said in a statement on Friday.

“Over the past four weeks of Powerball’s jackpot roll, more than $6.4 million has been raised for the WA community thanks to local players buying tickets.”

Lotterywest is the only state government owned and operated lottery in Australia where all profits are given back to the community.

The newly minted multimillionaire has 12 months to collect their winnings before the cash is forfeited and put into a grants program run by Lotterywest.

Originally published as $40m Powerball winner yet to come forward four days on