Winning lottery ticket worth $100K sold in Simcoe County about to expire

Lotto 649 tickets are shown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Plume

Check your pockets, wallet, purse, and car because you could be holding a lottery ticket worth $100,000 that is about to expire.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) says the winning ticket was sold in Innisfil for the November 2, 2024 Lotto 6/49 draw.

The winner has just two weeks left to claim the prize. The winning numbers were 5 5 2 5 0 5 7.

OLG says players have one year from the draw date to claim lottery prizes.

“We always want to remind lottery players to sign their tickets, keep them in safe and memorable place before the draw and check them as soon as possible after the draw,” said OLG spokesperson Tony Bitonti in an email to CTV News.

If you find the winning ticket, there are some important answers OLG says you must provide to claim the $100,000, so because of that, further details about where it was purchased weren’t provided.

“We need the person or persons holding the ticket to tell us those details if they claim it on time. Fingers crossed!,” Bitonti added. “It’s unusual for such big prizes to remain unclaimed.”

According to Bitonti, OLG pays out 99 per cent of the prizes available.