Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) logo. Courtesy OLG website.Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) logo. Courtesy OLG website.
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Lottery luck shines on two Windsor-Essex winners

Two Windsor-Essex residents are smiling all the way to the bank after winning the lottery.

Both came away with thousands of dollars in prizes, one with an instant ticket, the other a second prize with Lotto 6/49.

Robert Dikan of Windsor won the top $50,000 prize with an Instant $50K Casino scratch-off ticket.

Robert Dikan of Windsor shows off his $50,000 prize cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto, July 26, 2024. Photo provided by Ontario Lottery and Gaming.Robert Dikan of Windsor shows off his $50,000 prize cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto, July 26, 2024. Photo provided by Ontario Lottery and Gaming.

Dikan purchased his winning ticket at the Busy Bee Convenience Store on Tecumseh Road in Windsor.

Meanwhile, Laresa Grondin of Amherstburg won the second prize in the July 6 Lotto 6/49 draw, which came out to $78,261.10.

Laresa Grondin of Amherstburg displays her prize cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto, July 29, 2024. Photo submitted by Ontario Lottery and Gaming.Laresa Grondin of Amherstburg displays her prize cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto, July 29, 2024. Photo submitted by Ontario Lottery and Gaming.

Her winning ticket was purchased at the Canadian Tire gas bar in Amherstburg.

Both winners picked up their prize cheques this week at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.

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