Days-long search for Division 1 winner from Saturday Gold Lotto

A news agency owner has called on the winner of a major Lotto prize to come forward, with a huge cash prize waiting for the unsuspecting person.

A division 1 Lotto prize from a pool more than $950,000 has been left unclaimed for days, with the Queensland news agency responsible for selling the winning ticket baffled by the person’s identity.

The News Extra store in Central City Toowoomba sold one of the 21 division winning-tickets in the Saturday Gold Lotto draw 4489. The ticket was bought as part of a 24-person syndicate with each person scoring $952,380.96.

The unregistered winner has yet to come forward to claim their prize. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nicki Connolly

Owner Tanya Talbot said the news agency sold tickets to two division one winners from the syndicate with the group also winning “multiple prizes” in other divisions, bringing their prize money to $44,428.62 each.

“First thing is knowing that they bought a ticket from us, we sold two division one winners that night from that syndicate,” she told The Chronicle.

“They need to bring their ticket to us so we can see if they have won.”

Further north in the sunshine state, a Yeppoon man and fellow Division 1 winner promised to get his wife a dazzling diamond ring, and pay off his household’s mortgage.

“It just sets us up! This sort of thing doesn’t happen to people like me and my wife. Usually, just when you feel like you’re getting ahead, something comes along and you’re knocked back a bit,” he told The Lott.

“I’m going to give my wife any diamond ring she wants. She’s going to get a big rock!

“We’ll also share the prize with our kids and pay off the mortgage.”