Kitchener resident wins $250,000 playing MONOPOLY

TORONTO, Nov. 6 /CNW/ - Congratulations to Christopher Dasilva of Kitchener who won $250,000 playing MONOPOLY (INSTANT lottery game No.1555).

"Is this for real?" were the first thoughts that Dasilva had about his win. "I had to get my wife to check just to be sure" he went on to tell Toronto Prize Centre staff. "I'm very excited." The 26 year-old plans to pay off some debt with his windfall.

The winning ticket was purchased at Mac's Fischer-Hallman located on Fischer-Hallman Road in Kitchener.

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 $28 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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