A woman who bagged herself £46,000 in winnings on a lottery ticket says that the ticket sat at the bottom of her purse for months.

The Powerball winner said that the ticket, which turned out to be a £46,000 ($50,000)-winning ticket, had sat in her purse for some time before she realised she had in fact bagged a massive prize.

The St. Louis, Missouri woman told lottery officials that she had bought the ticket for the July 16 draw at a store in Manchester and tucked it away in her purse.

She had subsequently forgotten her purchase, and didn't realise until she visited a second store months later.

The £46,000-winning ticket was quite the surprise for the unnamed woman, who says that it was quite the present.

She said: "I am just so grateful and happy. It's a good present for me."

Quite the present for the woman that forgot she had bought the ticket, while in the UK a lucky unnamed person has bagged themselves a whopping £171million after a lucky jackpot draw.

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