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Patience pays off

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Patience pays off

Date6/6/1983

Names

Mahler, John (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Patience pays off: After a year of playing the same six numbers every week, Pearl Meadows and Peter Wiebe came up big winners in the Lotto 6/49 draw. Wiebe shows off his cheque for $404,833 to Meadows who is quite satisfied with her $138,475.

Subject

Lottery winners

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024943F

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