$10,000 LOTTO 6/49 prize waiting in Georgian Bay

SAULT STE. MARIE — If you live in the Georgian Bay area — or even if you passed through it the past year — you may be $10,000 richer.

Is this you?

If you bought a 649 ticket there.

According to Ontario Lottery Gaming, there’s just two weeks left to claim anENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 prize worth ten big ones.

The ticket was sold nearly a year ago near the Lake Huron bay.

The winning numbers for the Saturday, March 18, 2017 ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49draw were 6 – 8 – 7 – 1 – 0 – 6 – 5.

Check your drawers, purse or car — anywhere.

The OLG says Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

Players must match the first six of the seven numbers drawn in the exact order to win the $10,000 prize.

Anyone possessing this ticket should fill in the back portion, sign it and contact the OLG Prize Centre at 20 Dundas Street West in Toronto before 6 p.m. on Monday, March 19, 2018.

OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets for winners in a number of convenient ways:

Check the winning numbers onOLG.ca.

Use the OLG Lottery App on your mobile device. Scan the ticket barcode and wait for the message to appear on the screen.

Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.

Or you can also pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.

Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

 

The OLG Prize Centre is openMonday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., unless Saturday is a statutory holiday or if there is a statutory holiday on the preceding Friday or the following Monday.

Winners of up to $250,000 also have the convenience of dropping off winning tickets for processing at participating gaming sites. Please call the OLG Support Centre 1-800-387-0098 for more details or a list of locations.

Information about this and other unclaimed tickets is available by visiting theUnclaimed Tickets page on OLG.ca.

Sign up on OLG.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.

Or call their WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).