$50M Lotto Max winner found days before deadline

Almost a year after someone won $50 million with a ticket sold in Langley, B.C., a ticketholder has come forward to claim the prize, according to the B.C. Lottery Corporation.

• $50M Lotto Max ticket sold in Langley, B.C., still unclaimed

The winning ticket was presentedon Mondayto theB.C. Lottery Corporation, which said in a release, "We can confirm that it is the genuine ticket and have validated it in our system."

There has been "unprecedented" interest in the prize as the one-year deadline to claim it approached, said the corporation.

It is still verifying whether the person claiming the prize who has not been identified is the rightful ticketholder.

The winning numbers were 3, 4, 5, 7, 31, 33 and 40, with bonus number 49.

The jackpot ties the largest lottery prize ever won in B.C.