Oz Lotto $70 million jackpot
Next Tuesday’s Oz Lotto jackpot will sum to $70 million after the top prize went unclaimed for the seventh week in a row.
The winning numbers for Tuesday’s $50 million Oz Lotto draw were 34, 30, 2, 7, 37, 43 and 26. Supplementary numbers were 8 and 5. Fourteen winners in Division 2 will each get $33,152. But the top prize has now gone unclaimed for seven straight weeks.
There are also still 10 division one winners from previous draws who are still yet to claim their prizes. One of those will be handed to the Victorian State Revenue Office if the winner doesn’t come forward.
The winners are across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria worth $9,266,702.24 in total. One of those from Queensland is worth more than $6.38 million, another is more than $1.85 richer in NSW and a Victorian has a $1 million prize yet to be claimed.
Can the Lott locate players?
Since these winning tickets were not registered to a player’s card, the Lott has no way of identifying or contacting the mystery winners and uniting them with their prize.
“While everyone has their eye on the $50 million Oz Lotto prize tomorrow night, it’s a great reminder that we have 10 winners out there who have already won but haven’t collected their division one windfall yet,” The Lott spokeswoman Lauren Cooney said.
“Could you have any old tickets lying around at home waiting to be unearthed?
“We’ve had past winners come forward after finding an old ticket in the back of a drawer, in the central console of their car and at the bottom of their handbag.
“Some players have also told us they keep tickets in their underwear drawer for safe keeping.
“With more than $9.2 million waiting to be united with the rightful winners, it’s worth checking any old lottery tickets you might come across! You can check your tickets at any licensed lottery outlet, online at thelott.com or via the Lott app.”
Previous Australian winners this year…
Earlier this year, a Sydney woman scooped up an extraordinary $107.57 million in a record Powerball draw.
Although the Powerball prize had been set at $100 million, it blew out an extra $7 million by the large numbers of investors who bought tickets in a bid to take out the top prize.
The Lott contacted the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, directly after the draw to inform her of her life-changing win.
“I don’t understand — is this actually real?” she said. “I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it. Is this a trick?”
The registered player also misheard the eye-watering figure, thinking she had walked away with just $107,000.
“Wait — are you telling me I’ve won $107 million? Oh my god. That is just so much money,” she told Australia’s official lottery provider over the phone.
The woman, a healthcare provider, revealed she wouldn’t be quitting her job. She plans to share her winnings with her family. Furthermore, she wants to give “a whole slab of money” to her favourite charity. She may even “buy a caravan and travel around”.
“I’m so passionate about my job. It will drive me to do more health work for causes important to me,” she told The Lott. “I’m not quite sure what to do, but of course I will be helping my family.”
The $50 million Oz Lotto draw, draw 1321, closes at 7.30pm AEST on Tuesday.
