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.
“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 …