An incredibly lucky Israeli couple have eventually claimed their £13m winning lottery ticket with the payout coming four months after the actual draw.

BBC News reports on the biggest ever lottery prize in the country and how the winners had astonishingly not realised the outcome until very late, having seemingly lost the winning ticket among a stack of papers at their home.

Funnily enough they were completely unaware of the jackpot which unsurprisingly came as a massive shock to them and the local shop where the ticket had been purchased.

For privacy and security reasons, Israel normally hides the identities of the victors so the couple were seen at a press conference dressed in face masks.

When asked what they would do with the money, the man disclosed that he would finally be financially secure enough to fulfil his life long dream of studying astronomy … but we assume that he and his are already over the moon!