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A $5,000 winner in the Olympic Lottery, 71-year-old Jack Grice, thought at first he'd won only $1,000, but his daughter-in-law called him back to corr(...)
A $5,000 winner in the Olympic Lottery, 71-year-old Jack Grice, thought at first he'd won only $1,000, but his daughter-in-law called him back to corr(...)

A $5,000 winner in the Olympic Lottery, 71-year-old Jack Grice, thought at first he'd won only $1,000, but his daughter-in-law called him back to corr(...)

Date7/16/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: A $5;000 winner in the Olympic Lottery; 71-year-old Jack Grice; thought at first he'd won only $1;000; but his daughter-in-law called him back to correct him. He had no plans on how to spend the money; except to pay for a new stove.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025048F
Celebration cigars: Lottery winner Samuel Chica, left, holds a cheque for $273,059 with his brother-in-law Cesar Quezada after he bought five newspapers to be sure he had won
Celebration cigars: Lottery winner Samuel Chica, left, holds a cheque for $273,059 with his brother-in-law Cesar Quezada after he bought five newspapers to be sure he had won
8/30/1983
A $1,000 prize in the Olympic Lottery is shared by Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (seated) and members of his staff
A $1,000 prize in the Olympic Lottery is shared by Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (seated) and members of his staff
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9/28/1975
$1 million winners Stamatios Peroulakis and his wife, Eleni, celebrate the fortune they won in Monday's Provincial lottery. The 33-year-old east Toron(...)
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3/1/1977
Winner of the $50,000 first prize in the Art Gallery of Ontario lottery, Michael Brebner of Mississauga stands with his family - wife Margot, daughter(...)
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Joseph Citrullo won $1,000 in weekly Michael Power lottery
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11/21/1970
A real treat: While at the supermarket buying his daughter Tina, 7, a popsicle, Leslie Nascimento checked winning lottery numbers and found he had won $1 million
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8/30/1983
The $500,000 winner in second Olympic Lottery draw, Jim MacLean, 25, of Royal York Rd
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Philip Groulx, a retired Ottawa civil servant, couldn't believe his eyes when he found he'd won last Saturday's $10 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. My lif(...)
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10/31/1988
Family shares $1 million, Million-dollar kisses are showered on 68-year-old Dora Soal of Omemee by her family yesterday as she holds cheque for $1 million she won in Provincial Lottery
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Asking questions about 446 houses, with down payments as low as $980, that will be sold by lottery, 5,000 persons visited the Home Ownership Made Easy(...)
Asking questions about 446 houses, with down payments as low as $980, that will be sold by lottery, 5,000 persons visited the Home Ownership Made Easy(...)
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They'll share $125,000 won today by 82-year-old Jack Hewson (left), on the Irish Sweepstakes ticket given to him by Gordon Drewe as a Valentine's Day (...)
They'll share $125,000 won today by 82-year-old Jack Hewson (left), on the Irish Sweepstakes ticket given to him by Gordon Drewe as a Valentine's Day (...)
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