A Lotto 6/49 ticket. (File photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn Media)A Lotto 6/49 ticket. (File photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn Media)
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Unclaimed $10K lottery ticket sold in London expires in two weeks

Check your wallet, the glove box, and anywhere else you may have placed an old lottery ticket.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced on Friday the winner of a $10,000 prize in last year's July 30 Lotto 6/49 draw has just two weeks left to claim the money.

The winning ticket was sold in London with the numbers 54896480-01.

As part of a Lotto 6/49 Super Draw offered each Saturday in July 2022, there were 20 guaranteed prizes of $10,000. To get the five-figure payout, players had to match all nine numbers.

Under OLG rules, players have one year from the draw date to claim their winnings. If that deadline passes without a winner coming forward, the money is returned to the Lotto 6/49 prize pool to be used toward future promotions and draws.

The owner of the ticket is urged to sign it and call OLG Customer Care at 1-800-387-0098 before July 30 in order to get the cash.

Late last month, a $70 million Lotto Max ticket sold in Scarborough in June 2022 expired. It is the largest lottery jackpot to go unclaimed in Canadian history.

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