2017 was a great year for lottery winners in the North Bay area.

“I looked at Nipissing District and there were more than 20 wins of $10,000 or more, totally about $1.5-million in prizing,” says OLG Spokesperson Dita Kuhtey.

The biggest win was a million dollar prize throuth Lotto Max in North Bay.

“A newlywed father and grandfather who won that prize,” Kuhtey says. “He was going to pay it forward as his family sponsors two children in Africa and Dominican Republic.”

But there were big winners in some other area communities too with a woman winning $100,000 through Encore in Sturgeon Falls.

“This was actually her second time winning big with OLG. Two years earlier she was part of a group that won a million dollar ticket,” Kuhtey says.

Corbeil saw a Daily Grand winner of $100,000 with a $75,000 Instant Ticket win in Mattawa too.

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