Lotto players urged to check tickets as historic $70million jackpot remains unclaimed -see if your numbers match

THE winner of the largest unclaimed lottery jackpot in Canadian history has less than a month left to bring the prize home.

Whichever Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation player won more than $70million CAD ($51.6million) has until June 28 to claim the money.

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“We’ve seen people take a couple months to claim their prize, but now we’re coming in to the very end,” Ontario Lottery spokesperson Tony Bitonti told CTV News Toronto.

“This is concerning.”

If the Lotto Max prize goes unclaimed, the money will be used in future games.

The winning ticket was bought at a store in Scarborough, a suburb directly east of Toronto.

But since the retailer has no security cameras, lottery officials haven’t had any luck with finding the winner.

Now, they’re asking players to check their clothing, carsand anywhere else the winning ticket could have been left.

“This one is big, and if unclaimed will the biggest unclaimed in Canadian lottery history,” Bitonti said.

“Someone bought a ticket for a chance to win and they won a prize, so we want to give them this money.”

The winner picked the numbers 8, 19, 22, 41, 42, 46, and 47 with a bonus of 1.

Bitonti said about one percent of Ontario Lottery winnings go unclaimed every year.

This is usually because the winning ticket is lost or displaced, the organization said.

The largest unclaimed lottery prize in US history is worth $162.6million.

The winning ticket was purchased in Dublin, Virginia – about 200 miles west of Richmond – in March, WRIC reported.

But this winner still has a chance to claim the prize. The deadline is August 31, 180 days after the ticket was purchased.

The largest lottery prize in US history which wasn’t claimed before the deadline was worth $77million.

That winning ticket was purchased in 2011 in Tallapoosa, Georgiaabout 60 miles west of Atlanta, CNN reported.