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Don't eat the ticket! Monty Conrad Hicken, who works as a hot walker for the horses at Woodbine race track, was out working as usual early today after(...)
Don't eat the ticket! Monty Conrad Hicken, who works as a hot walker for the horses at Woodbine race track, was out working as usual early today after(...)

Don't eat the ticket! Monty Conrad Hicken, who works as a hot walker for the horses at Woodbine race track, was out working as usual early today after(...)

Date3/14/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Don't eat the ticket! Monty Conrad Hicken; who works as a hot walker for the horses at Woodbine race track; was out working as usual early today after winning $1 million in last night's Loto Canada draw. Born to Coffee doesn't show much respect for the 46-year-old bachelor's winning ticket; however.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024857F
Woodbine racetrack groom Monty Hicken found his peaceful life exploded when he won $1 million in Loto Canada last year
Woodbine racetrack groom Monty Hicken found his peaceful life exploded when he won $1 million in Loto Canada last year
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An epidemic of gambling in Canada is visibly evidenced on Toronto's streets by lottery ticket sellers like Clement Ferreira, who works corner of Bay a(...)
An epidemic of gambling in Canada is visibly evidenced on Toronto's streets by lottery ticket sellers like Clement Ferreira, who works corner of Bay a(...)
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Cold cash for 13 hot winners, Thirteen firefighters who work out of the Yorkville Ave
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Mrs. Mary Malandrakis, whose husband had ticket on horse that finished second, shares the $60,000 news with their daughters, Helen and Jenny at home
Mrs. Mary Malandrakis, whose husband had ticket on horse that finished second, shares the $60,000 news with their daughters, Helen and Jenny at home
4/5/1967
Striking it rich: Joseph Guidette holds up the $1 million cheque he received after buying himself an Ontario Instant Millionaire ticket last week
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A $500,000 peck, Ken Blais, 47, of Windsor kisses his wife, Joyce, 47, after winning $500,000 in a Provincial lottery draw. Blais, a waiter on VIA Rail trains, plans to keep on working
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A relieved man, Joe Caisse kisses the sheaf of 30 Provincial lottery tickets -- worth $150 -- that he left in Fairview Mall post office after copying (...)
A relieved man, Joe Caisse kisses the sheaf of 30 Provincial lottery tickets -- worth $150 -- that he left in Fairview Mall post office after copying (...)
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$170,000 worth of joy in the smiles of the three big winners of Lotterio, Ontario's largest lottery, after their tickets were drawn yesterday. From le(...)
$170,000 worth of joy in the smiles of the three big winners of Lotterio, Ontario's largest lottery, after their tickets were drawn yesterday. From le(...)
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