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Canadian Lottery Winners Give Their Jackpot Away
August 19th, 2011
Lottery winners Allen and Violet Large struck it rich with a win of $11,255,272 on the Canada Lottery.
But after finding the money more of a headache than a blessing, the couple who are both in their 70’s, gave it all away.
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Ottawa Workers Lose Jobs Then Win $7M Jackpot
August 12th, 2011
The news is bad enough when redundancies are rumoured, but Ottawa manufacturer Smart Technologies had just announced the plant was closing and jobs would go.
Things took a rapid turn for the better however for a syndicate group of 18 workers from the plant.
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Canadian Lottery Pool Share Lotto Max Jackpot
August 1st, 2011
A lottery pool from Toronto in Canada are celebrating claiming the Lotto Max jackpot from 22nd July.
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New York Yankees Helped Me Win The Lottery
July 20th, 2011
Carmen and Loretta Demizio just won $41.3 Million on the Canada Lotto 6-49.
And they credit the win in part to the New York Yankees of whom Carmen has long since been a fan.
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Jackpot Winner Prevails – Fake Claims Are Withdrawn
June 23rd, 2011
Matt Hayduk won the Canada Lotto Max fair and square on the 22 April 2011.
He turned up at lottery headquarters with his winning ticket – and said pay me the $33,301,693 jackpot, because I have the winning ticket right here in my hand.
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Steel Worker Hits Lotto Max
May 23rd, 2011
David Rennie thought the machine had broken when he checked his Lotto Max ticket at the ‘Chevron Town Pantry’ in Campbell River, B.C.
The store clerk turned to David to say their lotto machine had just gone down – but then the blank screen started flashing ‘WINNER’ and the machine blared out the winners tune!
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Son Finds 5 Month Old Lottery Ticket Worth $1 Million
May 12th, 2011
One of the best ways to win the lottery, is to actually check your tickets after you buy them.
Father and son Robert and John Moffatt bought their ticket for the Canada Lotto Max back in December.
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Maxmillions Makes Multiple Millionaires
April 18th, 2011
Friday night just saw the creation of a whole bunch of new millionaires with the Canada Lotto Max draw.
The jackpot had reached $90 Million, which under the MaxMillions rules means a maximum jackpot of $50 Million for the main draw.
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Winners Ship Comes In At Port Hope
April 5th, 2011
Another lucky St Patricks day winner, Valerie Deziel, was shocked to discover she was the second prize winner in the Canda Lotto 6/49.
She told the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation:
I literally ran all the way home.
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Best Movie Night Ever For Canada 649 Winners
March 31st, 2011
It was supposed to be just a quiet Friday night in.
Both Paula George and Brad MacArthur were suffering from colds, so Brad stopped off to rent a DVD on the way home.
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