{"id":69664,"date":"2024-10-16T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=69664"},"modified":"2024-10-16T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:51:24","slug":"blind-river-man-wins-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/blind-river-man-wins-2-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind River Man wins $2 Million!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-16-at-11.50.24-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-69665\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-16-at-11.50.24-AM-300x267.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-16-at-11.50.24-AM-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-16-at-11.50.24-AM.png 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Glen Morningstar of Blind River is celebrating after winning an ONTARIO 49 top prize worth $2 million in the September 7, 2024 draw.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glen, a father and grandfather, has been playing the lottery with OLG for 40 years. He enjoys playing ONTARIO 49, LOTTARIO, LOTTO 6\/49, and LOTTO MAX. Glen carefully selects his numbers, which are based on family birthdays. He is ecstatic to be celebrating his first big win and the thrill of becoming a multi-millionaire!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at home when I scanned my ticket on the OLG app. When I saw the \u2018Big Winner\u2019 message and the prize amount on the screen, I couldn\u2019t believe it. I didn\u2019t sleep at all that night,\u201d Glen recounted, while visiting the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his windfall. \u201cI stared at the ticket, telling myself, \u2018This can\u2019t be real!\u2019 It was an incredible feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI first shared the news with my family. They were shocked and very happy for me,\u201d Glen smiled. \u201cI tell everyone, \u2018This is one heck of a retirement package!\u2019 I feel beyond lucky to have won this jackpot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glen plans to save his winnings for his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ONTARIO 49 is $1 per play and the draws take place every Wednesday and Saturday. Combination Play is available in\u00a0five-, seven-, eight- and nine-number selections. Tickets are sold until 10:30 p.m. Visit the ONTARIO 49 page on OLG.ca for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The winning ticket was purchased at Kwik-Way on Causley Street in Blind River.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OLG supports safe play and wants to keep the fun in the game. That\u2019s why OLG is proud to be a leader in promoting responsible gambling with our globally recognized PlaySmart program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glen Morningstar of Blind River is celebrating after winning an ONTARIO 49 top prize worth $2 million in the September 7, 2024 draw. &nbsp; Glen, a father and grandfather, has been playing the lottery with OLG for 40 years. He enjoys playing ONTARIO 49, LOTTARIO, LOTTO 6\/49, and LOTTO MAX. Glen carefully selects his numbers, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 08:11:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69666,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69664\/revisions\/69666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}