The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has thrown out a player’s case against Loto-Quebec after ruling that he had no valid claim on a lottery ticket printed seven seconds after the cut-off for sales. Joel Ifergan of Dollard-des-Ormeaux has been fighting for half of a CA$27 million jackpot for nearly seven years, arguing that a delay in the provincial lottery’s system caused his ticket to be printed out too late and that he was entitled to a share of the top prize.
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