Lottery retailers are happy to validate your winning ticket. To avoid any discrepancies, players are asked first to verify that they do have a winning ticket by using the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's (OLG) terminal print-out of winning numbers which is available at on-line retail outlets.

You can validate all OLG INSTANT tickets at participating retail outlets during On-Line gaming operating hours from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Mondays and from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Tuesdays to Sundays (Eastern Time).

You can validate all OLG terminal online tickets at participating retail outlets during the following times:

DRAW DAYS	Friday	Wednesday Saturday	Wednesday Saturday	Saturday
DRAW CLOSE TIME	9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
DRAW BREAK	9:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.	9:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.	9:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.	9:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.
SALES RE-OPEN FOR NEXT DRAW	9:10 p.m.	9:10 p.m.	9:10 p.m.	9:10 p.m.
VALIDATE CURRENT DRAW	6:00 a.m. Next Day	6:00 a.m. Next Day	10:30 p.m. Same Day	10:30 p.m. Same Day
VALIDATION NOT AVAILABLE	8:55 p.m.-9:10 p.m. Draw Day	8:55 p.m.-9:10 p.m. Draw Day	8:55 p.m.-9:10 p.m. Draw Day	8:55 p.m.-9:10 p.m. Draw Day
SALES CLOSE TIME	2 a.m.	2 a.m.	2 a.m.	2 a.m.

DRAW DAYS	Nightly	Nightly	Nightly
DRAW CLOSE TIME	9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
DRAW BREAK	9:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.	9:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.	9:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.
SALES RE-OPEN FOR NEXT DRAW	9:10 p.m.	9:10 p.m.	9:10 p.m.
VALIDATE CURRENT DRAW	10:30 p.m. Same Day	10:30 p.m. Same Day	10:30 p.m. Same Day
VALIDATION NOT AVAILABLE	8:55 p.m.-9:10 p.m. Draw Day	8:55 p.m.-9:10 p.m. Draw Day	8:55 p.m.-9:10 p.m. Draw Day
SALES CLOSE TIME	Mondays 1 a.m. Tuesdays to Sundays 2 a.m.	Mondays 1 a.m. Tuesdays to Sundays 2 a.m.	Mondays 1 a.m. Tuesdays to Sundays 2 a.m.

PRO·LINE, POINT SPREAD and PRO*PICKS tickets can be validated after 6 a.m. (Eastern Time) the day following the latest completed game on your ticket.