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$19M Sweden lottery jackpot unclaimed

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VIMMERBY, Sweden, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Nobody's come forward but someone has a winning Sweden Lotto ticket worth $19.6 million, a lottery official said.

The community of Storebro outside Vimmerby has been abuzz since word Wednesday evening that the ticket had been purchased there, TT/The Local reported Thursday.

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"I have said it many times before, but this time I will stress it particularly, keep the ticket safe," Pierre Jonsson of Sweden's gaming monopoly, Svenska Spel, said in a statement. "The only way to get your hands on the money is by presenting the winning ticket."

The prize is the third-highest in Swedish lottery history.

"What a brilliant start to the gaming year," Jonsson said.

"We haven't got a clue who the winner is, but it is a small community so the news will most likely travel like wildfire through the houses," Sofie Skepphagen of the Storebro Kiosk and Grill told the daily newspaper Aftonblade.

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