Wintario: The People's Lottery

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Wintariofan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:12:11 GMT

Unfortuantely Grace the reason why people don't have faith in their lottery games today is that games like Wintario are no longer there. The players can't see where their lottery dollars are being spent, who wins, and how the draw is done. the provinces and even the states no longer go the length of telling you the player what projects are being funded. Wintario was never the retailer's lottery , the game gave 50 percent of its take in prizes and the other back to communities.

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Amazing Grace — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:14:27 GMT

I think it should be renamed as this

Ontario: The Retailer's Lottery

Wintario: The People's Lottery

Wintariofan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:56:18 GMT

When lotteries began in Ontario in May of 1975, it came at a time when towns and villages did not have the facilities to train its athletes for the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. Lottery grants (or at that time more commonly know as Wintario Grants) flowed into buiilding community centres, recreation facilities, and promoting sports and recreation. The lottery WINTARIO was the only lottery to my knowledge that took its live lottery draw to the people's doorsteps and drew the numbers live... [ More ]