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Big winners

Date5/21/1985

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Big winners: Hard times are past for three out-of-work laborers and a Pickering landscaper who won $4.4 million in a weekend lottery. Celebrating their fortune are; from left; Gary McCrerdie; 21; Dave McKellar; 23; Tim Scott; 23; and Terry Robertson; 21. The four pooled resources to buy five $1 tickets and beat 13 million-to-1 odds. Nothin's gonna change; they vow.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024968F

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