It was a chilly Montreal day last December when Gregorio De Santis
bought a lottery ticket, worth maybe even less than the paper stock it
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He
tucked it away in a jacket pocket and forgot to check the lottery
numbers on Dec. 6, when a drawing netted $5.4 million (U.S.) across four
winning tickets. But at least one-quarter of that prize - about $1.35
million - went unclaimed. Winter slid into spring, followed by summer
and its fading warmth. At some point, De Santis's sister urged him to
clear out his old clothes and donate them, the provincial lottery
commission, Loto-Quebec, said.

He tucked his hands into a liner
pocket and felt the ticket. It was worth a shot to look if he won a few
bucks, De Santis told the commission. He checked the ticket at a store's
display on Friday, and it lit up with a four-digit number. He
celebrated what he thought was a win of more than $1,000.Then he began
to realize that there were a string of zeros attached to the end. It
nearly gave him a heart attack, he said. His improbable win was a
product of timing.

Winning tickets are valid for up to a year
after the drawing, according to Loto-Quebec's rules - so De Santis had
only about two months left to discover the ticket before his prize was
gone forever.He will use the money to finance his retirement and take
his nephew to some hockey games, he told the commission, and he thanked
his sister for her advice on tidying up.