By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

A California woman had no clue that she was a multi-millionaire until her photo appeared in a local newspaper after a desperate search for the mysterious jackpot winner before the deadline ran out.

With just 25 days until the $23 million prize would have been forfeited, her daughter spotted the photo from the surveillance video at the store in their paper and told her mom the good news, reported Good Morning America.