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Northern residents strike it rich

Twenty-five northern Ontario residents are doing a group happy dance after winning half of Wednesday's $45.1-million Lotto 6/49 draw.

Twenty-five northern Ontario residents are doing a group happy dance after winning half of Wednesday's $45.1-million Lotto 6/49 draw.

The owners and staff from Bray Motors auto dealership in Sundridge, near Huntsville, finally picked the right numbers after playing the lottery as a group for the past 14 years.

The entire staff went in on the most recent draw, netting about $900,000 each of the giant payoff.

In fact, it's the second largest prize in Canadian history. The first - $54 million given away in October 2005 - was also won by a large group of 17 co-workers in Alberta ,who each received about $3.17 million each.

A second winning ticket for Wednesday's draw was sold in Quebec. That winner has yet to come forward. Aside from the big winners, seven other lucky Ontario residents each won $220,055.


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