A mystery winner has been found after walking around oblivious to his windfall for more than a week.

The NSW man recently won $1 million after holding the only division one winning entry nationally.

The man, from Shoal Bay in the Hunter, was initially unaware of the life-changing win, missing multiple phone calls from The Lott before finally checking his ticket.

“I had no idea until today,” the man said.

“I asked my neighbour for some help checking my ticket, up came the numbers, and she just went, ‘I can’t breathe!’.

“She then showed me the win, and I just thought, ‘No, something has to be wrong!’.”

The man said he had been playing the same numbers for the past 50 years.

“It’s pretty great news. Thank you very much. It’ll most definitely help,” he said.

When asked how he pla

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