A Scratch and Win ticket misprint may turn into a legal battle between a Brampton lottery player and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
Thomas Noftall, 27, believed he had won $135,000 on four separate Fruit Smash scratch cards. But when he tried to claim his prize, officials from the OLG said there was a ticket misprint and there would not be a payout.
He says he plans to pursue whatever legal avenues are available to him in order to get the agency to pay up.
"I want what's mine," Noftall says. "It's not like I went out and printed these tickets myself and illegally made (them). Don't they have insurance for this stuff?"
The OLG confirmed to CP24 that at least 1,000 Fruit Scratch tickets have been recalled because of a printing problem.
The corporation says they noticed a problem on Friday after receiving a number of complaints about the tickets. The OLG recalled the tickets, but says it doesn't know how many are still in stores or have already been sold.
The OLG has offered these tips for determining whether tickets are real:
- Have the tickets scanned by a lottery retail kiosk. If the barcode says the ticket is a winner, it will be honoured.
- Call the OLG at 1-800-387-0098 and send a photocopy of the ticket to the organization.
