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OTTAWA (AFP) - An aboriginal couple spent their "last 10 dollars" on a lottery ticket that won them the second largest jackpot in Canadian history, they have said.

Manitoba's newest multimillionaires picked up their oversized, ceremonial cheque for $50-million Tuesday in Winnipeg and were instantly overcome with emotion.

WINNIPEG - Only a week ago, Kirby and Marie Fontaine were battling health problems and poverty.

OTTAWA (AFP) - An aboriginal couple spent their "last 10 dollars" on a lottery ticket that won them the second largest jackpot in Canadian history, they said Tuesday.

LIVERPOOL (AFP) - A group of IT workers who won 45 million pounds in a record lottery payout on Tuesday revealed how they feared they were going to be sacked when they received the call about the win.

A $50-million lottery jackpot apparently won by a relative of former national assembly chief Phil Fontaine is a welcome distraction to townspeople in Pine Falls, Man., in an area struggling with a labour dispute at the local paper mill.

LONDON (AFP) - Two lucky ticketholders will on Monday become instant multi-millionaires if their claims are approved by the National Lottery operator Camelot.

PINE FALLS, Man. - A Manitoba woman has won what is believed to be the largest lottery prize in the province's history and one of the largest ever in Canada.

A lottery ticket purchased somewhere in Manitoba is worth $50 million, following Friday night's Lotto Max jackpot draw.

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot prize in Friday's Lotto Max draw - and it was sold somewhere in Manitoba.

NEW YORK - The Minnesota Lynx will have the top pick in next year's WNBA draft.

A convoluted lottery-related court claim has been dropped, paving the way for a Calgary man to take home $17 million his fifth major jackpot in five years.

Halifax RCMP are investigating an armed robbery Saturday morning at a Petro Canada gas station in Tantallon, where three masked men made off with cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets.

AIRDRIE, Alta. - An Alberta man is confident he will prevail in his court dispute over a $17 million lottery ticket and collect his fifth lotto prize in the past five years.

A Riverview businessowner is hoping the provincial government halts its plan to unplug hundreds of video lottery terminals in bars, restaurants and private businesses this weekend.

CALGARY - It will be up to the courts to decide if a Calgary-area man's amazing run of lotto luck will continue.

A Calgary-area man who has collected more than $2 million from four lotto wins in five years has been implicated in a convoluted court claim disputing his latest jackpot.

The Atlantic Lottery Corporation has banned poker nights in bars across Prince Edward Island.

The RCMP says several Calgary residents tricked 24 elderly or disabled Americans out of about $3 million over a three-year period by telling them they had won a lottery.

An investigation into a scam that saw about $3 million in fees and taxes collected from Americans who thought they had won a lottery has led to charges against several Calgary residents.

The head of the P.E.I. Senior Citizens' Federation is appalled Charlottetown's government-owned casino gave nearly $100,000 in complimentary merchandise to its high rollers during the past year.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - Less than a month after getting its licence to offer gambling, the historic Greenbrier resort has opened the Tavern Casino, an onsite facility for guests with table games including blackjack, three-card poker and roulette.

REGINA - A woman from the village of Beechy, Sask., has 24 million reasons to smile.

A woman from Beechy, Sask., has claimed a $24-million lottery prize, the biggest prize ever for a Saskatchewan resident.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a B.C. man facing 20 fraud charges for allegedly bilking elderly Americans out of thousands of dollars with a lottery scam will be sent to the U.S. to face justice.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state's plan to allow up to 17,500 video lottery terminals at horse racing tracks is subject to a statewide voter referendum.

The sole bidder to run three mini-casinos on P.E.I. has withdrawn his bid after the rules were changed regarding the number of video terminals that would be allowed.

The final Super 7 Lottery prize worth $23.9 million belongs to someone who bought the ticket in Saskatchewan.

The popular lottery Super 7 came to an end with Friday's draw.