Bloke didn t realise he d won £22m in lottery after entering wrong phone number
The oblivious winner, from Sydney in Australia, bought the ticket from a newsagents last week and later heard that lottery officials were still trying to get in touch
10:03, 27 APR 2021
Updated
The winner is now looking forward to splashing the cash (Image: AFP/Getty Images)
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A Western Sydney man has revealed he turned up for work even though he won a staggering $40 million in last week s $80 million Powerball draw.
The Smithfield man was one of two winners of the $80m jackpot but The Lott had been unable to contact him because the mobile phone number he had registered with had the wrong numbers in it.
Powerball lottery balls (The Lott)(The Lott) I didn t know I d won, he said after his prize was confirmed this morning. I checked my ticket on the weekend. I d heard there was another Powerball winner they were trying to contact. I even said to my friend, we ll never win, only old people win .
The lucky man, who was one of two $40million winners, didn t even know he held a victorious ticket because one of the digits in the phone number The Lott had for him was incorrect.