Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Record-breaking $64M lottery ticket still unclaimed




A triumphant lottery ticket worth a record-breaking $64 million is still unclaimed over a week after the big stake draw.

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The Lotto 649 ticket was sold at an outlet in Mississauga, Ont., at some point before the draw on Saturday, Oct. 17. Authorities have yet to uncover precisely where the ticket was bought, trusting the victor or champs will approach first.

The ticket is worth $64 million, setting another record for the biggest single Canadian lottery prize, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) said at the season of the draw.

Nine days after the win was declared, OLG said the ticket's proprietor has yet to approach. In the event that the ticket had been guaranteed and saved in a Canadian ledger, the champ could have officially earned $20,000 in premium.

Be that as it may, authorities told CTV Toronto the postponement is not bizarre.

"Some of the time they hold up 24 hours, some of the time it's 24 days, infrequently it's a couple of months. You never recognize what, truly, is in the mind of our enormous victors," OLG's Tony Bitonti said Monday.

The ticket holder has one year from the date of the attract to guarantee their prize, he said.

Bitonti said a few victors hold up to get their money related undertakings all together before approaching. Others need to tell their family and companions secretly before guaranteeing the prize, since they know their name will be openly discharged.

"Who knows who'd leave the woodwork in that individual's life," one lady told CTV Toronto, including that she wasn't the victor.

"In the event that out of the blue you guaranteed a $64-million prize, you may need to play it shrewd."

OLG authorities exhorted the victor or champs to enlist the ticket as quickly as time permits, by examining the ticket at any lottery retailer. Tickets can likewise be checked at the OLG Prize Center in Toronto, on Dundas Street only west of Yonge Street.

When the ticket has been enlisted, OLG can start the procedure of paying out the record-breaking big stake.

The past lottery bonanza record was set a month ago, when a Lotto Max ticket worth $60 million was obtained in Brampton, Ont., around 20 kilometers northwest of Mississauga.

A gathering of 12 partners from Markham, Ont., split the prize, getting $5 million each.

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