This is a copy of an article printed in the Cambridge Times Newspaper dated January 23, 2014 written by Lisa Rutledge.
LOTTO MAX
OLG owes players $50M: online petition
Angry the Ontario Lottery Gaming (OLG) corporation gave out a $50-million prize to someone who lost her ticket, a local woman has launched an online petition to demand a do-over.
Puslinch resident Patricia Watson doesn’t want to see Hamilton’s Kathryn Jones who was determined by OLG to be the rightful winner of the prize, lose her winnings. But she argues the corporation owes it to players to put $50 million in Lotto Max money back in the pot because OLG broke its own no-ticket, no-prize policies.
“That money could have been split between 50 other people,” Watson stated.
She suspects she’s not alone in her frustration about OLG tracking down and giving Jones the prize even though she lost her ticket and never laid claim to the winnings.
The lottery corporation maintains it has the authority to make every effort to ensure prizes go to the right recipients and insists Jones was identified as the rightful winner using evidence including data analysis, credit card records and store surveillance video.
Mean while Cambridge resident Les King, who has been engaged in a year-long battle with OLG, insists he had the winning ticket but lost it.
He recently launched a lawsuit against the corporation, demanding the $50 million, plus another $1.3 million in damages.
Watson, who is hoping to garner 10,000 signatures to send to the OLG, has posted her petition online at http://goo.gl/oFaWIJ.
LOTTO MAX
OLG owes players $50M: online petition
Angry the Ontario Lottery Gaming (OLG) corporation gave out a $50-million prize to someone who lost her ticket, a local woman has launched an online petition to demand a do-over.
Puslinch resident Patricia Watson doesn’t want to see Hamilton’s Kathryn Jones who was determined by OLG to be the rightful winner of the prize, lose her winnings. But she argues the corporation owes it to players to put $50 million in Lotto Max money back in the pot because OLG broke its own no-ticket, no-prize policies.
“That money could have been split between 50 other people,” Watson stated.
She suspects she’s not alone in her frustration about OLG tracking down and giving Jones the prize even though she lost her ticket and never laid claim to the winnings.
The lottery corporation maintains it has the authority to make every effort to ensure prizes go to the right recipients and insists Jones was identified as the rightful winner using evidence including data analysis, credit card records and store surveillance video.
Mean while Cambridge resident Les King, who has been engaged in a year-long battle with OLG, insists he had the winning ticket but lost it.
He recently launched a lawsuit against the corporation, demanding the $50 million, plus another $1.3 million in damages.
Watson, who is hoping to garner 10,000 signatures to send to the OLG, has posted her petition online at http://goo.gl/oFaWIJ.
