Blind River resident wins $100,000 playing Instant ProLine

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ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING CORP.

***************************** Blind River resident wins $100,000 playing Instant ProLine

TORONTO - Congratulations to Micheline Ethier of Blind River who won one of the four $100,000 top prizes on Instant ProLine (game #1636).

“I was at work when I scratched the ticket and realized it was a winner,” an excited Ethier told OLG Toronto Prize Centre while claiming her prize. “Then I went to the store that night to validate the ticket. I was in shock!”

The 58 year-old mother and grandmother plans to use the windfall to pay bills, take a holiday and share with family.

The winning ticket was purchased at 17 Convenience Store on Woodward Avenue in Blind River.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities.

Since 1975, OLG lotteries, casinos, slots, and resort casinos have generated more than $32 billion for the benefit of the Province of Ontario.  

Gaming proceeds support Ontario's hospitals, amateur sport, recreational and cultural activities, communities, provincial priority programs such as health care and education, and local and provincial charities and non-profit organizations through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

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