Ottawa - A Quebec man who bought a lottery ticket seven seconds too late to be declared the winner has lost his Supreme Court of Canada bid to appeal a decision denying him half of the $27-million prize.
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accept Joel Ifergan's appeal.
Ifergan bought two Super 7 tickets in May 2008, seconds before the 9pm cutoff.
The first ticket was printed showing the May 23 date - that night's draw.
The second ticket with the winning numbers for that night's jackpot, was printed a few seconds later with a date for the following week's draw.
Ifergan blamed the delay on Loto-Québec's central computer system and sued the province's lottery regulator for half of the jackpot because there was another winning ticket
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Topic Author
