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The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from a Quebec man, Joel Ifergan, who claims to be rightfully deserving $27 million jackpot based on a lottery ticket printed seven seconds after the cut-off time. According to Canada’s top court’s decision on Thursday, it would not hear Ifergan’s lottery case even though he had requested for an appeal with costs.
The court has heard earlier that Ifergan bought two lottery tickets for the May 23, 2008 Super 7 draw at 8:59 p.m., i.e. just one minute before the weekly draw deadline. Although his first ticket was printed on May 23 draw, the second one was printed seven seconds after 9:00, triggering May 30 draw date printed at the top. Later on, that second ticket turned out to have the winning numbers for the May 23 jackpot. However, Loto-Quebec straightforwardly rejected the claim since the ticket said May 30. Whereas, Ifergan claims that he’s entitled to half of the $27 million awarded in the May 23 draw since the tickets were purchased ahead of the deadline, regardless of whether they were printed after it.
In his remarks, Ifergan pointed out that “I’m really disappointed in the decision, and it’s not because it’s about the money.” He blamed the Loto-Quebec’s slow processing system to be responsible for Quebecers being at a “disadvantage” when compared to the rest of Canada. He alleged that “had those tickets been bought anywhere else in Canada, I would have been a millionaire seven years ago.”
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