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Terrace Bay News, 26 Jan 1977, p. 13

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JANUARY 26, 1977 TERRACE BAY NEWS WINTARIO BONUS DRAW: Harvey McCulloch, . Q.C., Chairman of the Board of the Ontario Lottery Corporation, announced that Win- tario's third million dollar Bonus draw will be held on February 3rd in con- junction with the regular Wintario draw scheduled for Bowmanville. The draw is being held in accordance ' with Lottery regul- ations which re- "quire that all un- claimed prize mon- ey, after the expiry 'of the one -year claiming peried, be: trans- ferred to a spe- cial prize account for additional or bonus prizes in subsequent draws. "The extra million dollars represents a projection of unclaimed prizes from earlier draws for the one-year claiming period of which expires February 5th" said Mr. Mc- Culloch. Marshall Pollock, Q.C., Managing Direc- tor of the Lottery' Corporation, explained that the draw would follow the same for=- mat used in previous Bonus draws held on- June 24, 1976 and September 16, 1976. All Wintario tickets _ for the Feb. 3rd draw will have two sets of numbers on them, the regular five-digit number and series num -ber combination as well as a special 8 digit no. for the Bonus draw (in blue). ruary 3,1977 Extra one million dollars for 1. Regular five-digit Wintario ticket and series numbers. For five chances at $100,000 and more than 45,000 other tax-free cash prizes. 100 bonus prizes of $10,000 cach. 2. Eight-digit Bonus Draw number, If the eight digit bonus number on your ticket corresponds exactly with one of the 100 bonus 3 numbers drawn, you win $10,000 tax free. A buck, and you're in for both. For the February 3 Wintario draw, your Wintario ticket has two sets of numbers--one for the regular Wintario draw, for between $3 and $4 million in prizes. And the other for the special million-dollar Bonus Draw--with one hundred extra prizes of $10,000 each® : In accordance with the Lottery regulations, all unclaimed prize money is retained in the prize fund, until the expiry of the one-year claiming period. It is then transferred into a special prize fund to be Get your ticket now. available for additional or bonus prizes in subse- quent draws. February 3 is our third Bonus Draw. On this occasion, to accommodate the advance bonus drawing, ticket sales will cease at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 3, 1977. So get your ticket now, because they're going fast. And watch the special one-hour Wintario show live on TV from the Bowmanville High School in Bowmanville, February 3 at 9:00 p.m. "one year claiming period. 2 LA we all win $ ONTARIO LOTTERY CORPORATION

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