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Ottawan wins $2.5M in lotteryNews Story
Carolyn Tweede has become Ottawa's latest millionaire after winning $2.5 million in last Friday's Super 7 lottery. After buying a ticket every week, for quite a few years, the longtime Ottawa resident said she discovered Monday that she had finally got a winning ticket, her first win ever. Mrs. Tweede, 62, said there will be no major lifestyle changes for her and her husband. We're just gonna help our kids and invest it, she said. We'll maybe take a trip or two, she laughed. Sev
Sep 19, 2008, 11:24 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner dealt mix of grief and joyNews Story
It was an emotional roller-coaster yesterday for British Columbia's newest lottery millionaire. 52-year-old bus driver Glen Bell was in Richmond to pick up a check for more than $4.3 million after winning the Lotto 6/49 draw on Saturday. But as Bell and his family were on their way to the B.C. Lottery Corporation offices they found out about the death of his father-in-law. Bell says while the family went from jumping with joy to being in tears, they take solace in the fact the money wil
Sep 19, 2008, 11:21 am - Lottery News

2 tickets to split $45.1M Lotto 6/49 jackpotNews Story
A ticket sold in northern Ontario and one sold in Qu bec will split the $45.1 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot, tied for the second-largest draw in Canada. Each winning ticket is worth $22,572,856, the provincial gambling agency, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLGC), said in a release Thursday. The winning numbers were pulled Wednesday night. They are 10, 18, 22, 26, 34, 38 and bonus number 39. There were 17 second prizes, worth $220,055 each. Ontario players won seven of those, OLGC sai
Aug 8, 2008, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Ottawa barber, client share $32M lottery winNews Story
Two Ottawa men are splitting a $32 million lottery jackpot after decades of buying tickets together. It hasn't sunk in yet, one of the winners, Samir Haddad, said Thursday. Today, signing some papers, my hands were shaking. When I look at all the zeroes... Haddad, 57, and his friend and barber Mike Detorre, 71, were back in Ottawa after taking four limousines and 35 relatives with them to Toronto to pick up their Lotto 6-49 winnings the day before. Haddad, who installs hardwood floo
Jul 7, 2008, 12:46 pm - Lottery News

Couple loses 'lucky' lottery numbers, wins $27 millionNews Story
Etobicoke couple win fortune with a set of Quick Pick numbers Liz and Doug Kinsman of Etobicoke have a Friday night ritual and it won them $27 million. It was just a Quick Pick. Just chance. But it garnered them the big Super 7 lottery prize of $27 million plus $10 extra on the ticket as a bonus number. We feel fantastic ... we're kind of numb still, Doug Kinsman said today. It's the magnitude. A million or $2 million is one thing but $27 million ... it hasn't sunk in yet,
May 27, 2008, 11:06 am - Lottery News

Youths prefer online bettingNews Story
Canadians spend up to $400M a year; Users access computer servers based in foreign jurisdictions or on Mohawk reserve Young adults a key growth sector for Canada's gambling industry are very interested in such technology driven options as online gambling, which is not yet legal in Canada, an industry conference heard yesterday. Citing a national survey, pollster Allan Gregg told the 2008 Canadian Gaming Summit under way in Montreal that one-third of Canadians say they are gambling le
Apr 30, 2008, 9:00 am - Lottery News

239 people share second prize in Canada's Lotto 6/49 drawNews Story
What some are calling a mathematical fluke led to smaller-than-expected payouts for 239 second-prize winners of last Wednesday's Lotto 6/49. The jackpot for the draw was $3.99 million, but no one got all six numbers and the bonus to claim the biggest prize for the night. But 239 tickets got five of the six winning numbers, along with the bonus. Those tickets were good enough for second prize. Had there only been one second prize ticket, however, the ticket-holder would have won more than
Mar 26, 2008, 9:54 am - Lottery News

Winners of $14.5M lottery jackpot shun spotlightNews Story
Norfolk County's newest multi-millionaires are tough to find. John and Mary Winkworth, a middle-aged couple from Glen Meyer, won more than $14.5 million in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw. The two were unavailable for comment Tuesday, fuelling speculation they are already jet-setting around the world or living it up in a hotel suite in Toronto. That's what I'd be doing, said Larry Neville of Neville Gas and Variety in Langton. If I won millions, you'd know it. Mary Neville suspects they
Feb 27, 2008, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Elks Club members in fight over $21M lottery winNews Story
It may have once seemed like a dream come true, but a winning lottery ticket has turned into a nightmare for 21 people in Okotoks, Alberta. On Nov. 23 last year, the 21, all patrons or employees at the local Elks Club, chipped in $5 each to buy tickets for that night's Super 7 draw, one of which proved to be worth $20 million. The members of the group should each have received more than $900,000 by now, but a dispute has arisen over who is entitled to a share. While they attempt to sort
Jan 16, 2008, 10:05 am - Lottery News

Retailer charged in lottery insider claimNews Story
Lottery retailer accused of stealing $5.7M lottery jackpot from small group Police have charged a Toronto convenience store owner with fraud in connection with a $5.7 million 'insider' lottery prize win. Hafiz Zulqarnain Malik, 60, of Mississauga, Ont., is charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000 and one count of theft over $5,000. He is to appear in court Wednesday. The Ontario Provincial Police said the lottery ticket actually belonged to four Toronto residents, whom police refus
Dec 19, 2007, 1:12 pm - Lottery News