Ontario
Lottery and Gaming awarded the $50 million jackpot to, Cambridge
engineer, Kathyrn Jones. She picked up her check on Tuesday, but fellow
Cambridge resident, Les King, is adamant he is the winner.
The Jackpot
prize at the center of the controversy was drawn on November 30, 2012, but the
prize was not claimed and it took over a year for lottery investigators to
track down the winning ticket holder.
Using their
analytics data, the investigators traced the ticket to the Shopper's Drug Mart,
Dundas Street, Cambridge. They then used a mixture of security camera footage
and credit card transaction details to finally locate the missing winner, who
they still proclaim to be Jones.
When
lottery representatives arrived on her doorstep though, Jones had to think
twice about letting them in because she'd forgotten all about the ticket she'd bought on a whim and then lost.
The OLG
held a press conference on Dec 3, and allowed 30 days for any disputes to come
to light. King disputed the claim at once, stating he also bought a ticket from
the Shopper's Drug Mart that day, had lost his ticket as well, and that the
prize is rightfully his. King says he bears Jones no ill will though, and would
love to meet her someday. "Seems we both have life changing stories to
share," he said.
