Are you sitting on a $55 million lottery ticket? Mystery Powerball jackpot winner STILL hasn't claimed their prize a week since the numbers were drawn

  • A Melburnian is still yet to claim $55 million from a Powerball lottery ticket
  • The ticket bought at a Brunswick newsagency remains unclaimed after a week
  • Tatts spokeswoman said it was unusual for a prize winner to take so long to claim 

Someone in Melbourne has won $55 million and may not even know it yet.

The winning Powerball jackpot ticket was bought at a newsagency in trendy, inner-city Brunswick.

The $55 million prize remains unclaimed, a week after it was the only winning entry in Australia's biggest lottery prize in more than a year.

The ticket for the January 11 draw was bought at the Scole Lotto & News agency in Brunswick, Melbourne 

Someone who bought a Powerball ticket at the Scole Lott and News outlet at Barkly Square, at Brunswick, is yet to claim their $55 million prize 

A Tatts spokeswoman said it was unusual for someone to take so long to claim a huge prize

A Tatts spokeswoman said it was unusual for someone to take so long to claim a huge prize

Tatts, the company behind Australia's state lotteries, says a customer of the Scole Lotto and News outlet in Barkly Square is entitled to a fortune.

'They could be walking around with the $55 million winning ticket in their back pocket, their handbag or it could be stuck on the fridge right in front of them,' spokeswoman Bronnie Spencer said.

'Imagine how different the past week could have been knowing you were $55 million richer.' 

Ms Spencer said it was unusual for the winner of a huge prize to take so long to claim their prize.

'Our experience is for large draws, winners check their tickets as soon as they can to discover if their $55 million dreams have come true,' she said. 

The unknown winner correctly picked the six winning numbers 32, 7, 5, 34, 38 and 11, as well as the all-important Powerball, which was 12.

Organisers Tatts are trying to track down the winner and have heard hundreds of theories 

A Tatts spokeswoman urged Victorians to check if their ticket was left in their back pocket

Another 14 lucky players will take home the division two prize of $86,113.10 for guessing the six numbers but not the Powerball. 

The $55 million victory matches the biggest lottery windfall of 2017 and is one of the first major draws of the year.

Victoria was deemed the state where winners were most likely to pick up a division one winning entry in 2017.

More than 140 Victorians shared more than $216 million in division one prizes throughout the year. 

The lucky punter is now $55 million richer but possibly doesn't even know it (stock picture) 

The lucky punter is now $55 million richer but possibly doesn't even know it (stock picture)