Owner of winning $50M Lotto Max ticket comes forward almost one year later

VANCOUVER – It could be an extreme case of delayed gratification for whoever has won $50 million.

A winning $50-million Lotto Max ticket has been presented to lottery officials, just days before the one-year deadline to claim the prize was set to expire.

The ticket's numbers were called on March 14, 2014, meaning the winner had until this weekend to claim the prize.

Speculation about the winning ticket has been fuelled over the past year, with a daily newspaper in Vancouver marking the looming deadline this week with a front-page story.

The B.C. Lottery Corp. says it's confirmed the ticket is genuine and that officials will now proceed with a verification process to determine the rightful ticketholder.

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3 responses

  1. Candis Young

    I can’timagine winning that kind of money.. Only in my dreams! I hope they do a little good with it. Karma to win now karma to give back. I would have such joy to give to the homeless or other charities if I won. After all you can’t take it with you. lol

  2. haha the divorce is finallol.

  3. Barbara Birban

    sounds like problems to me.