A man from Timmins, Ontario, Canada will be celebrating Christmas early with a million dollars more on his pocket after winning the Guaranteed $1 Million grand prize from the November 30 Lotto 6/49 draw. John Miller said while he picked up his winnings at the OLG Prize Center in Toronto, "I enjoy playing the lottery draw games. Clearly, now, LOTTO 6/49 is my favourite," he jokingly added.
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What a tremendous win for this guy and a very very nice early Xmas present. I hope this win brings him and his family a lot of happiness and he invests the money wisely for the future
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Huge congratulations to John Miller from Ontario, Canada on winning the $1 Million grand prize from the Lotto 6/49 draw. I am very much curious to know how gambling winnings are generally taxed in Canada.
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nice win for sure, and to tony, im pretty sure you don't need to pay taxes in Canada for lottery winnings ,sooo, that is the nice thing about the lottery in canada
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well yeah 1 million will be enough for quite a big house where all of his children, grandchildren and even cats and dogs will find a place in... and they say lottery is sh1t, there you go dudes, go and buy your tickets- there's a million or two who has your name written al over itself. buy many tickets and xmas will come early to you too.
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A good win, no doubt about that, but not for news. Winning 1 million in lotto is nothing in almost every country. It is even considered a bad prize in many All it needs is a couple of jackpots. The next one looks nice at 5mil from what i see in their site
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Thank you for your response to my inquiry, OnedOutAK. There are no income taxes on Canadian lottery winnings for Canadian citizens? That's awesome! The Canadian lottery must be one of the most extensive and profitable lotteries in the world.
All it needs is a couple of jackpots.
