Ontario woman nearly loses $5M Lotto jackpot
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 12:21 pm
In an almost cinematic twist of fate, an Ontario woman realized just in the nick of time that her neglected Lotto 6/49 ticket was a winner—netting her a cool $5 million. Her narrow escape from expiry has both lottery officials and the public shaking their heads in disbelief.
The Beachville, Ont. had a suspicion that an unclaimed jackpot-winning ticket was hers.
It was getting down to the wire for an Ontario woman who didn't realize she had a OLG ticket worth $5M that was about to expire. Lucky for her, she checked her ticket again.
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