Old ticket worth $16m

A woman who delved through a bundle of old Lotto tickets because of her family's money worries has come up with more than A$13 million ($16.66 million).

The woman, a West Australian university student in her 30s, won A$13,185,273 after checking a 10-month old lottery ticket she'd received as a gift.

The ticket had a 12-month expiry date.