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Innisfil man 'pleasantly surprised' by $125K lottery win

James Stergios initially thought he'd won $1.25; winning ticket purchased at Gateway Casinos Innisfil on 5th Side Road
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James Stergios, of Innisfil, won $125,000 in the Aug. 31 Lottario draw.

An Innisfil man is $125,000 richer after splitting the Aug. 31 Lottario jackpot.

James Stergios’s ticket was one of two that split the $250,000 jackpot. It’s his first big win after playing the lottery with OLG for 45 years.

“It was morning when I decided to check my tickets on the OLG app. When I got to this Lottario ticket, I thought the message said I had won $1.25. I did a double take and saw that I had actually won $125,000,” he said in a news release. “I was pleasantly surprised. The feeling was different from anything I had ever experienced before.”

The winning ticket was purchased at Gateway Casinos Innisfil on 5th Side Road.