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Lottery tickets not for kids: Ontario Lottery Corp.

(CNW) With the holiday season right around the corner, lottery tickets are a popular last minute stocking stuffer, but not for kids.

(CNW) With the holiday season right around the corner, lottery tickets are a popular last minute stocking stuffer, but not for kids. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) reminds residents it will not pay a lottery prize to anyone under the age of 18. It is also against the law to sell a lottery ticket to an underage person.

   OLG and the Ontario Government take underage gambling very seriously. It is a provincial offence punishable with significant fines for a retailer to sell a ticket to a minor, and retailers should not sell a ticket to an adult if the retailer knows that the adult is purchasing the ticket for a minor.

  For more information about OLG's responsible gaming practices, visit www.OLG.ca .


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