Woman Unaware She Had $39 Million Lottery Ticket in Purse for Weeks

Woman Unaware She Had $39 Million Lottery Ticket in Purse for Weeks
People fill out Lotto tickets in Germany in a file photo. John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images
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BERLIN—Lottery officials say a woman in Germany carried a winning ticket in her purse for weeks without realizing it was worth about 33 million euros ($39 million).

Lotto Bayern said Wednesday that the 45-year-old woman was the sole winner of a draw on June 9, having correctly guessed seven fields on a German lottery ticket.