Quebec man sues over winning numbers printed seconds too late
October 8, 2008
Original News: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/10/08/mtl-lotoman1008.html
A man is suing the lotto company in Quebec for denying his ownership over the lotto jackpot, for violation of the rules of date accordingly to Loto-Quebec. The man refused to give up his million of dollar winnings, and urged that it was the Quebec-Loto’s responsibility for delay in the winning ticket that would have been ligament.
Joel Ifergan of Dollard-des-Ormeaux bought two Super 7 tickets on May 23, just before the 9 p.m. cut-off. He said he purchased the ticket at 8.59 pm, and the convenience store clerk said he only had one minute to buy the tickets. The first ticket purchased, had the printed date of the winning draw that night, but the winning ticket – 27 Million Dollars – was delayed showing the date for the next lotto.
Joel Ifergan is blaming the corporation for delay in transmission. He explained that Quebec-Loto Corporation having poor transmission computers, as result for the date being too late. He filed his lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court this week.
