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He really cleaned up, Loris Petracco, 25, was about to go to work as a part-time floor cleaner yesterday when he learned he'd won $404,833.70 in Satur(...)
He really cleaned up, Loris Petracco, 25, was about to go to work as a part-time floor cleaner yesterday when he learned he'd won $404,833.70 in Satur(...)

He really cleaned up, Loris Petracco, 25, was about to go to work as a part-time floor cleaner yesterday when he learned he'd won $404,833.70 in Satur(...)

Date6/6/1983
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  • He really cleaned up, Loris Petracco, 25, was about to go to work as a part-time floor cleaner yesterday when he learned he'd won $404,833.70 in Satur(...)
  • He really cleaned up, Loris Petracco, 25, was about to go to work as a part-time floor cleaner yesterday when he learned he'd won $404,833.70 in Saturday's Lotto 6/49. But it didn't faze him. The Vaughan Rd. bachelor went on to Toronto General Hospital and cleaned floors. He plans to buy a house for his parents and he'll live with them.
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Original Toronto Star caption: He really cleaned up, Loris Petracco, 25, was about to go to work as a part-time floor cleaner yesterday when he learned he'd won $404,833.70 in Saturday's Lotto 6/49. But it didn't faze him. The Vaughan Rd. bachelor went on to Toronto General Hospital and cleaned floors. He plans to buy a house for his parents and he'll live with them.
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