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Big winners: Steve Somali and wife Anna spent $20 a week on lottery tickets for five years
Big winners: Steve Somali and wife Anna spent $20 a week on lottery tickets for five years

Big winners: Steve Somali and wife Anna spent $20 a week on lottery tickets for five years

Date8/20/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Big winners: Steve Somali and wife Anna spent $20 a week on lottery tickets for five years.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0024970F
      $170,000 worth of joy in the smiles of the three big winners of Lotterio, Ontario's largest lottery, after their tickets were drawn yesterday. From le(...)
      $170,000 worth of joy in the smiles of the three big winners of Lotterio, Ontario's largest lottery, after their tickets were drawn yesterday. From le(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      11/9/1971
      Take a chance: There are five lotteries in Ontario and despite the recession tickets sales top $500 million
      Take a chance: There are five lotteries in Ontario and despite the recession tickets sales top $500 million
      Bull, Ron
      9/24/1976
      Somewhere there is a winner in the large fish bowl of lottery tickets at the headquarters of Sport Ontario
      Somewhere there is a winner in the large fish bowl of lottery tickets at the headquarters of Sport Ontario
      Bull, Ron
      12/14/1972
      Pick a winner, Former CFL great Russ Jackson and league commissioner Doug Mitchell, left, display oversized tickets of Ontario's newest lottery, Grey Cup Millions
      Pick a winner, Former CFL great Russ Jackson and league commissioner Doug Mitchell, left, display oversized tickets of Ontario's newest lottery, Grey Cup Millions
      Eglinton, Rick
      7/26/1988
      Couple of winners. Model Bonny Barrett and Clyde Gray, Ontario Athletics Commissioner, draw winning tickets in The Star lobby for dinner at two Toront(...)
      Couple of winners. Model Bonny Barrett and Clyde Gray, Ontario Athletics Commissioner, draw winning tickets in The Star lobby for dinner at two Toront(...)
      Eglinton, Rick
      2/14/1986
      Nine of the 10 winners who share in the $1 million winning Provincial lottery ticket dance with their boss, Frank Dempsey (second from left). From lef(...)
      Nine of the 10 winners who share in the $1 million winning Provincial lottery ticket dance with their boss, Frank Dempsey (second from left). From lef(...)
      Cooper, David
      10/30/1977
      Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
      Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
      Teskey, Frank
      8/9/1973
      $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(...)
      $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(...)
      Brennan, Pat
      3/1/1977
      A relieved man, Joe Caisse kisses the sheaf of 30 Provincial lottery tickets -- worth $150 -- that he left in Fairview Mall post office after copying (...)
      A relieved man, Joe Caisse kisses the sheaf of 30 Provincial lottery tickets -- worth $150 -- that he left in Fairview Mall post office after copying (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      2/25/1977
      Showing how he can tell what number and series are printed on Wintario lottery tickets without opening the sealed packages, Bob Good-day lines up enve(...)
      Showing how he can tell what number and series are printed on Wintario lottery tickets without opening the sealed packages, Bob Good-day lines up enve(...)
      Slaughter, Mike
      8/12/1975
      Barbara Clarke, left, and Janet Conover check tickets, They are running a lottery to raise $1,000,000 for 10 art galleries
      Barbara Clarke, left, and Janet Conover check tickets, They are running a lottery to raise $1,000,000 for 10 art galleries
      Griffin, Doug
      1/12/1972
      $170,000 worth of winning smiles, There's a total $170,000 worth of joy in the smiles of big winners of Lotterio, Ontario's largest lottery, after the(...)
      $170,000 worth of winning smiles, There's a total $170,000 worth of joy in the smiles of big winners of Lotterio, Ontario's largest lottery, after the(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      11/9/1971