⚠️ Massive Powerball Mystery Deepens as $100M Prize Remains Untouched — Where Is the Winner?
A lucky punter who bought a Powerball ticket worth $100 million is yet to come forward and claim the prize more than a year later.
Little is known about the winner of Powerball draw 1517 on June 12, 2025, other than they purchased the sole division one winning ticket from Bondi Junction Newsagency and Internet Cafe in Sydney’s east earlier that month.
Staff and the owner were notified hours after the draw that they had sold the ticket and waited to welcome Australia’s newest multi-millionaire with open arms.
“We were over the moon, we put up balloons,” staff member Grace Martino told 7NEWS.com.au.
While she has sold lottery tickets for decades, Martino said she was particularly excited as she never thought she would see a winning ticket worth millions.
But the balloons celebrating the win deflated over the coming days, which turned to weeks, months and now more than a year without the prize being claimed.
The only item left commemorating the win is a small plaque given to the news agency by The Lott, hung up high behind the counter.
Martino said even she and the store owner know little about who bought the ticket.
“We don’t know when we sold the ticket … We have no information whatsoever,” she said.
“It’s a $100 million secret.”
After such a long period of time and the assumption the ticket has been lost, The Lott is keeping its cards close to its chest to try and keep the winner’s identity a secret.
This is because it allows for potential winners to fill out a form asking for information that only the true winner would know, including what type of ticket they bought and when.
“We know it’s a Powerball winner, maybe the person doesn’t understand the game or didn’t check the ticket properly,” Martino said.
“We know it was an unregistered ticket, which is a sad thought, because if that ticket was registered it is protected all the way to the bank, even if you lose the ticket.”
The Lott will hold onto the massive prize for six years, at which point it will be forfeited to the state’s revenue office.
