come now Canadians..wat up wid di lottery up yah

[evanovitch]

MONTREAL, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A Canadian man is suing the Loto-Quebec corporation <span style="font-weight: bold">over a lottery ticket that took 7 seconds too long to print and lost him $13.5 million.</span>

The suit is over a $27 million Super Seven drawing May 23 that would have been split two ways, The Gazette newspaper in Montreal reported.

Joel Ifergan said that on a whim he went into a convenience store and asked if he still had time to play before the 9 p.m. deadline, he told the Globe and Mail newspaper. The clerk said &quot;It's 8:59,&quot; so he paid for two tickets.

The first one printed instantly, but the second one took 7 seconds to print, and showed it an entry for the following week's draw, Ifergan said.

His suit claims Loto-Quebec technicians admitted to a delay of as long as 10 seconds in completing a ticket purchase, particularly when jackpots are high.

Ifergan told the Globe he had paid his money before the deadline.

&quot;I played by their rules -- I purchased a ticket prior to 9 p.m. It's not my fault their technology is slow,&quot; he said to the Globe and Mail.

[evanovitch]

Re: come now Canadians..wat up wid di lottery up yah

TORONTO, -- A Toronto-area man <span style="font-weight: bold">who won $135,000 </span>on four scratch-off lottery tickets <span style="font-weight: bold">has been told they were printing mistakes, and he won't be given the prizes.</span>

Thomas Noftall, 27, told the Toronto Sun he scratched the four tickets on New Years's Eve and was ecstatic to see his winnings.

He contacted the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. in Toronto by telephone, and a claims representative said he would be paid, but that he had to come to the lottery headquarters, the Sun said.

That's when Noftall's luck turned sour.

&quot;One guy pulled me into his office and said, 'Between me and you, they're going to void your tickets. They're not going to pay,'&quot; Noftall told the newspaper.

A lottery spokesman told the Sun there were 1,000 misprinted tickets distributed throughout the province.

Noftall didn't disclose his intentions concerning the tickets.

&quot;I've gone from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in the past few days,&quot; he said.

[mountaingal]

Re: come now Canadians..wat up wid di lottery up yah

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">TORONTO, -- A Toronto-area man <span style="font-weight: bold">who won $135,000 </span>on four scratch-off lottery tickets <span style="font-weight: bold">has been told they were printing mistakes, and he won't be given the prizes.</span>

Thomas Noftall, 27, told the Toronto Sun he scratched the four tickets on New Years's Eve and was ecstatic to see his winnings.

He contacted the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. in Toronto by telephone, and a claims representative said he would be paid, but that he had to come to the lottery headquarters, the Sun said.

That's when Noftall's luck turned sour.

&quot;One guy pulled me into his office and said, 'Between me and you, they're going to void your tickets. They're not going to pay,'&quot; Noftall told the newspaper.

A lottery spokesman told the Sun there were 1,000 misprinted tickets distributed throughout the province.

Noftall didn't disclose his intentions concerning the tickets.

&quot;I've gone from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in the past few days,&quot; he said.

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im really never win so im no get di prize money but dem geem a smalls for pain and suffering.

[Nunya]

Re: come now Canadians..wat up wid di lottery up yah

Too bad wi nah go know ho much im get - but mi tink say im shouldan did get alla im 'win'... OLG too tief

[halfwaytree]

Re: come now Canadians..wat up wid di lottery up yah

There has been a few scandals regarding the lotto up here. Some of the outlet operators were telling people who won that their tickets were not winners only to keep the ticket and cash it in themselves.

The whole system has been full of corruption. I don't bother buying them at all!