Kathy Rado claimed she lost her ticket and was requesting Golden Casket release the time, date and location of where the winning ticket was sold so she could verify her claim.

The 59-year-old later also requested the court rule her to be the rightful winner.

A winning ticket for the $2 million prize was purchased in a Cairns newsagent. The prize has never been paid out.

Rado had previously made a claim with the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation, which was rejected.

In his delivery, Justice James Henry dismissed the application and said he could not see how the information requested by Rado was required in order for justice to be done.

“It is clear from Ms Rado’s submissions that it is not at all essential to the pursuit of a claim, for she said she has witnesses and other evidences which support her allegation that she was the purchaser of the winning ticket,” he said.

Justice Henry said while Rado claimed she only wanted the information to reassure herself that she was correct, and not to claim the winnings, he said neither motivation was a good enough justification for the information to be released.

“My conclusion in no way reflects any conclusion as to whether Ms Rado was or was not the winner of the unclaimed prize,” he said.

Outside court, Rado said she still felt like justice had been done but admitted she did not understand the magnitude of what she was doing when she made the application.

“I had no legal representation … I didn’t even realise I could have sued beforehand; I was waiting for the last minute and hoping things would turn around,” she said.

“I was just doing it because I was at the end of my tether.”

Rado said even though she still had legal costs to pay, she was relieved the case was over.

“Money’s not everything … you shouldn’t rely on a win like I have and it’s been a big lesson to me,” she said.

“I’ve been a big gambler, as a lot of people in Cairns would know … it’s actually made me change my ways a bit.

“I had a hoarding problem and the big reality is I actually still could have that ticket.”

She said she might write a book on her experience.

“I genuinely know that I had the winning ticket,” she said.

“I’m not skilled in legalese but I know about justice, so to me, even though I lost, and I know this is crazy, yeah, I got justice today.”

– ABC / Holly Richardson