A Melbourne man won A$1 million after finding an old lottery ticket in his storage unit.
The man uncovered a few old tickets last week while searching for some other personal items.
鈥淚 was actually looking for my passport but stumbled across them and just thought I鈥檇 give them a scan and see what鈥檚 there,鈥 he told 9九一星空无限.
While his passport turned out to be expired, in a stroke of luck, the December 27 draw for Weekday Windfall won him a life-changing A$1 million ($1.1m).
鈥淚鈥檓 just glad I didn鈥檛 throw them out,鈥 he said.
The man, who remains anonymous, wasn鈥檛 sure how he would spend the winnings but said, 鈥淚 can definitely get a new [passport] now鈥.
In New Zealand, lottery tickets can be claimed up to 12 months after the winners have been drawn, and Lotto previously told the Herald only 2% of prizes went unclaimed in an average year.
Of that 2%, some big winnings have not been collected in the past.
The largest cash prize to be returned to Lotto was a $3m ticket bought from a Masterton shop in 2003.
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