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Computer picks 'em for Mrs.Picken, A happy Evelyn Picken displays her cheque for the $1.7 million Lottario jackpot. The North York widow, in her late (...)
Computer picks 'em for Mrs.Picken, A happy Evelyn Picken displays her cheque for the $1.7 million Lottario jackpot. The North York widow, in her late (...)

Computer picks 'em for Mrs.Picken, A happy Evelyn Picken displays her cheque for the $1.7 million Lottario jackpot. The North York widow, in her late (...)

Date5/26/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Computer picks 'em for Mrs.Picken, A happy Evelyn Picken displays her cheque for the $1.7 million Lottario jackpot. The North York widow, in her late 70s, won on numbers chosen by the Quick Pick lottery computer.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0024897F
      They're in the money: Four winners in the $2-million plus Lottario jackpot, won in last Saturday's draw, celebrate their good luck yesterday
      They're in the money: Four winners in the $2-million plus Lottario jackpot, won in last Saturday's draw, celebrate their good luck yesterday
      Darrell, Dick
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      Jackpot!, James Buhariwala, 54 of Toronto, gives the thumbs-up sign after picking up his Lottario jackpot -- a cool $589,169.10 (He also won $5 on a s(...)
      McConnell, Colin
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      A winning smile: How does it feel to hit Lottario paydirt? Great, says Joan Bozzer of Timmins, displaying her cheque for $790,665, I'm taking the rest of the week off
      A winning smile: How does it feel to hit Lottario paydirt? Great, says Joan Bozzer of Timmins, displaying her cheque for $790,665, I'm taking the rest of the week off
      Slaughter, Mike
      2/9/1982
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      Valda Cox: Waitress at Forest Hill Restaurant and Steak House won Saturday's $376,698 Lottario jackpot
      Dutton, Don
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      Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
      Beaty, Keith
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      Combs, Erin
      1/5/1988
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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      Brennan, Pat
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      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      10/1/1965
      Area combed: Constable Ed Dunk picks through a garbage bin as police searched the Scarborough area where 48-year-old Muriel Jane Cliche was slain, in a vain effort to find the weapon that killed her
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/9/1980
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/25/1992