A Sydney disability pensioner's long-running lawsuit over an unclaimed $3.3 million 1997 Lotto prize may soon be resolved after a judicial officer inspects "highly confidential data".
David Renshaw says when he handed in his ticket to the newsagency he saw the words"provisional winner" come up.While more than 50 people have come forward at different times claiming to be the winner, only two took legal action and the other pensioner's case was dismissed in 2014. But the shop attendant - who didn't speak English very well - threw the ticket in the bin saying "no winner" and refused to return it, Mr Renshaw says."I know what I saw, it has been playing on my mind for 20 years," Mr Renshaw told an earlier hearing.On Tuesday, barrister Louise Goodchild, who is acting pro bono for Mr Renshaw, said he agreed to Associate Justice Joanne Harrison being provided with the highly confidential winning ticket data file information.