Ontario woman denied lottery jackpot after forgetting where she bought the ticket [Video]

When an Ontario woman found out she won the lottery playing Lotto 649, she said she was excited to collect her prize of $1,003, but that excitement quickly turned to frustration when she couldn’t collect her winnings.

Heather Douglas of Ajax does a lot of travelling across Ontario for volunteer work and says no matter what city or town she’s in, when she’s filling up her gas tank, she’ll often buy lottery tickets.

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“I do volunteer work and travel all over Ontario, so whenever I’m in a store whether it’s in Mississauga, Richmond Hill or Oshawa, I will buy lottery tickets,” said Douglas.

Douglas said she bought a 649 ticket in August of last year but said it had been tucked away and she only checked in this past March and was excited to see she had won $1,003.

“I felt great, I thought those commercials are right even though …