While some can't envision racking that triumphant ticket for even a moment, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation says it isn't so much that unordinary for lottery champs to hold off on gathering their prize cash.
"A considerable measure of (lottery champs) need to get their ducks all together," Tony Bitonti, OLG representative, told CTV's Canada AM on Thursday. "They need to converse with money related guides, they need to converse with legal counselors and to relatives, in light of the fact that it is $64 million - it's extraordinary."
A solitary winning Lotto 6/49 ticket was sold in Mississauga, Ont. in front of the draw on Sat. Oct. 17.
Bitonti said as of Thursday, the ticket has not been accepted at an OLG retail store – which is the initial step lottery-champs must take to assert their prize.
On the off chance that the ticket is a champ, the lottery terminal will light up.
"Whether it's free play, or $64 million the extravagant accessories will go off," Bitonti said.
On the off chance that the prize is more than $5,000, the lottery terminal will close down and the retailer will get a call from the OLG bolster focus inside of 30 seconds to one moment later. Bolster focus staff will then gather some essential data from the champ and give them direction on the best way to assert their prize.
"That approval truly binds you to the ticket," Bitonti said. "On the off chance that (the ticket) ever gets lost or something transpires… in any event there is that association."
For any prize more than $250,000, the champ must go to the OLG prize focus in downtown Toronto to guarantee their rewards.
"In the case of everything goes well, two or after three hours you could be leaving there with up to $64 million," Bitonti included.
For the most part, lottery rewards are not assessable for Canadian expense purposes.
All OLG tickets created by a lottery terminal terminate 12 months after the draw date on the ticket.
On its site, the OLG records winning tickets of $5,000 or more that have gone unclaimed for eight weeks or more. The rundown incorporates an unclaimed $1 million Lotto 6/49 ticket bought in Markham, Ont. for a draw that occurred over a year back.
In March, a triumphant $50-million Lotto Max ticket sold in British Columbia was exhibited to lottery authorities only five days before the one-year due date to guarantee the prize was set to lapse.
In 2004, a Brantford, Ont. man held up until 12 days before his triumphant ticket lapsed to claim his $30-million prize. The man's ex later sued him for half of the rewards and the two in the end settled out of court.
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