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lottery tickets sold in ontario set to expire – are you a winner?

by denette wilford
published jul 30, 2026
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a handful of lottery tickets sold around the province are on the brink of expiring.
olg players, check your pockets, purses, wallets and junk drawers because you could have a windfall waiting, following the ontario lottery and gaming commission’s recent announcements.
players have one year from the draw date to claim their prize.

stratford

a lotto 6/49 ticket worth $100,000 sold in stratford expires soon — in a week, to be exact.
the ticket purchased on aug. 6, 2025 boasts the winning encore numbers 2 – 7 – 9 – 9 – 4 – 9 – 4.
players must match the last six of the seven encore numbers in exact order to win the hefty prize.

ottawa

another $100,000 encore prize is up for grabs from a lotto max ticket purchased on aug. 8, 2025.
the winning selection is 1 – 6 – 0 – 3 – 7 – 2 – 2.

algoma district

heads up, wintario50 players in northeastern ontario, you have two weeks to check your tickets to see if you are $50,000 richer.
the winning ticket is from the aug. 14, 2025, draw and boasts the winning numbers 0 – 8 – 7 – 9 – 4 – 0 – 5 – 1.

brampton

there’s another wintario50 winner from what appears to be the lucky aug. 14, 2025 draw, this time in the gta.
purchased in brampton, the ticket’s winning selection is 8 – 2 – 1 – 8 – 3 – 6 – 6 – 9.
in the case of both wintario50 winners, players must match all eight numbers in exact order to win the $50,000 prize.
check your tickets on the olg app, visit a lottery retail location where you can use the self-serve ticket checker or simply hand it to the person behind the counter, or call 1-866-891-8946 to see if you’re a winner.
olg advises players to sign their tickets right after they’re purchased and keep them in a safe, memorable spot until draw time.
for more information on unclaimed tickets, head to the olg website.

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denette wilford
denette wilford

i have been a multimedia journalist with the toronto sun since the summer of 2021. prior to that, i worked as a freelance writer and tv critic for more than a decade.

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