Would-be lottery winner sues Loto Quebec for $13.5 million

A Dollard man who was seconds away from a giant lottery win is suing Loto Quebec for 13.5 million dollars.  That's the amount Joel Ifergan would have won back in May, when he went to a dep on St. John's Road to purchase two Super Seven tickets.  His request was keyed into the Loto Quebec machine seconds before the nine o'clock deadline for that night's draw.  The first ticket came out under the wire but the second ticket was printed seven seconds after nine o'clock, meaning it was for the next week's draw.  But it bore the winning combination for that evening's draw.  Ifersen says the rules talk about when the ticket is purchased, not when it is printed and his win should have been valid.

Loto Quebec admits there is a delay of up to ten seconds in processing ticket requests.