Million-greenback lottery ticket expires after Gatineau purchaser under no circumstances showed up to claim winnings
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GATINEAU —
What would you do with $1 million?
The dilemma has bewildered songwriters and cartoon villains for years. But what if you experienced the million, then shed it, devoid of figuring out it?
That was the unenviable expertise of one Gatineau lottery winner who, until Monday, had the sole declare to a $1 million prize from Loto-Québec.
As of Jan. 4, the ticket had expired, and the winner could no lengthier claim their funds, which has given that been absorbed again into the enterprise to be compensated out in ‘special’ or ‘bonus’ attracts.
The winning ticket was bought on July 5, 2019. Loto-Québec nonetheless doesn’t know the id of the winner, who never confirmed up to claim the prize.
“We released seven news releases,” wrote Renaud Dugas, spokesperson for Loto-Québec, in a assertion to CTV Information.
“We posted quite a few alerts on our social media platforms and gave numerous interviews in hopes of acquiring the owner of the successful ticket,” he stated.
“The one-year expiration date for this ticket was prolonged by six months because of to the pandemic.”
It can be rare for tens of millions to go unclaimed in the lottery company.
According to Dugas, 98 for each cent of million-dollar winners declare their prize inside two to three months from the attract.
As of Jan. 6, Loto-Québec described unclaimed winnings of $2.5 million, with a $1 million deadline looming on Jan. 22.
That grand-prize winning ticket was marketed in Thérèse-De-Blainville, with the number 5823177.
