Two Redlands ticketholders among 14 mystery lotto winners yet to claim their massive prizes
Time to check under the couch — 14 unclaimed lottery division one prizes — collectively worth $13,510,114 remain across the country, two of which were bought in the Redlands.
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TWO Redlands locals could round out their year hundreds of thousands of dollars richer, all they need to do is check their lottery ticket.
Fourteen unclaimed lottery division one prizes — collectively worth $13,510,114 remain across the country, eight of which are in Queensland.
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Two of those eight winning tickets were purchased in the Redlands.
A ticket worth $1 million was purchased at News Worx, Victoria Point in July this year while an unclaimed winning ticket for $369,059 was purchased at Nextra Capalaba Park News in Capalaba in November of 2017.
The prizes were won on unregistered tickets, meaning lottery officials have no way of contacting the winners.
Instead, they are urging everyone tidying up around the home, office and car this festive season to remain keep an eye out for any unchecked lottery tickets.
The Lott spokesman Matt Hart said there was still hope of uniting the unclaimed division one windfalls with their rightful owners.
“Remarkably, eight of the 14 unclaimed lottery division one prizes were from tickets purchased in Queensland.
“We’re not sure why Queenslanders are reluctant to pocket their prizes, but we’re hoping to spur our unsuspecting winners into action,” Mr Hart said.
“The biggest and oldest unclaimed division one winning entry in Australia was purchased in Cairns in 2014 and is worth $2 million.
“Interestingly, half of the unclaimed division one prizes are from draws held during this year alone, and these are worth more than $6.7 million.
“These winning tickets were purchased from Gatton and Victoria Point in Queensland, from Traralgon and Ringwood in Victoria, from Carnarvon in Western Australia and from Latrobe in Tasmania.
“Needless to say, with more than $13 million in division one prize money waiting to be claimed nationally, it could be well worth checking any old lottery tickets you find.”
While these winning players still had time to collect their prizes, Mr Hart said the clock was ticking.
“The amount of time people have to claim their lottery prizes varies from state to state.”
Queenslanders have seven years to claim a prize.
Unclaimed winning tickets (tickets purchased up to 10 weeks before draw date)
Queensland
● News Extra DFO Cairns — Wednesday Gold Lotto draw 3315 November 22, 2014, worth $2 million
● Nextra Morayfield — Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3539 June 20, 2015, worth $1 million
● Cotton Tree News, Maroochydore — Monday Gold Lotto draw 3618 19 December 2016, worth $1 million
● Lutwyche News and Gifts, Lutwyche — Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3699 December 31, 2016, worth $1,347,826.09
● Nextra Capalaba Park News, Capalaba — Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3787 November 4, 2017, worth $369,059.13
● Golden Lucky News Helensvale — Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3867 August 11, 2018, worth $671,513.12
● Gatton Plaza Newsagency, Gatton — Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3961 July 6, 2019, worth $774,838.34
● News Worx, Victoria Point — Saturday Gold Lotto draw 3967, July 27, 2019, worth $1 million
New South Wales
● Henry Deane Plaza Newsagency (now called Paperstream), Sydney — Saturday Lotto draw 3447 August 2, 2014, worth $400,009.97
● Connection Newsagency, Sydney CBD — Saturday Lotto draw 3905 December 22, 2018, worth $1,018,499.24
Victoria
● Plaza Lotto Traralgon — Tatts Lotto draw 3993 October 26, 2019, worth $1,007,593.45
● Nextra Eastlands Newsagency, Ringwood — Tatts Lotto draw 3999 November 16, 2019, worth $666,185.94
Tasmania
● Latrobe Newsagency, Latrobe — Tatts Lotto draw 3995 November 2, 2019, worth $1,666,666.67
Western Australia
● Carnarvon Lottery News and Gifts, Carnarvon — Saturday Lotto draw 4003 November 30, 2019, worth $587,926
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