The Ontario
Lottery Gaming Corporation (OLG) is facing fresh criticism over their
controversial decision to award a $50 million (Canada) Lotto Max jackpot to a
player who lost her ticket.
Kathryn
Jones from Hamilton, Ontario, had no idea she'd picked the winning numbers until
officials from the OLG tracked her down and turned up at her door. Now Patricia
Watson, from Puslinch, is stating the OLG broke their own rule that insists no
ticket, no prize. Watson is so outraged
she has launched an online petition to demand a do-over, but the OLG continue
to insist the money belongs to Jones.
Meanwhile,
Cambridge man, Les King, is adamant he bought and lost the winning ticket and is
suing the OLG for the full $50 million, plus $1.3 million in damages.
