Canada lottery employee wins $8.5 million jackpot

Comment #3

CASH Only — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:57:04 GMT

People who work in a store selling Hoosier Lottery tickets have to buy them someplace else.

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LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:38:43 GMT

if canadian lottery workers can do this why can't the american ones do it

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CASH Only — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:22:03 GMT

I hope the week away from work was a paid vacation. Good for him.

Canada lottery employee wins $8.5 million jackpot

Lottery Post — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:54:11 GMT

Technical whiz, 50, becomes first Canadian lotto worker to win jackpot

Subjected to intense security check before being allowed to pick up prize

An Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. tech whiz known to his colleagues as Mr. BlackBerry has won an $8.5 million jackpot, the first Canadian lottery employee to take home the top prize.

And Stephen Cook, an operations analyst who has worked for the lottery corporation for the past 18 years, didn't hesitate during celebrations at a downtown hotel... [ More ]