Spanish city seeks $6m lottery winner

Madrid - The Spanish city of Coruna has begun a search for the person who missed out on $6.3m by buying a winning lottery ticket but leaving it behind in the shop.

The winning ticket for June 30 2012, was discovered by the owner of the lottery shop who, after keeping it for a year in the lost and found box, decided to scan it before throwing it away.

Shop owner Manuel Reija told a Galician TV station he couldn't believe it the first time he checked the ticket, so he checked it again just in case there was a computer error.

"I was standing up, but I had to sit. I almost broke the chair," he said.

Reija will get to keep the money if no one responds to a notice on the website of Coruna's town hall urging the winner to come forward. Claimants have been told to expect tough checks.