$255,050 Won on Keno

TORONTO, Dec. 18 /CNW/ – Congratulations to Harish N. Malkani of Mississauga who won $255,050 from the DAILY KENO draw on December 7, 2009.

To play DAILY KENO, players must pick between 2 and 10 numbers (2 PICK up to a 10 PICK) to try to match, and choose to play either $1, $2, $5, or $10 per board. To win, players match their numbers to the 20 DAILY KENO winning numbers drawn daily.

Harish N. Malkani won $255,050 on one ticket: $1 wager on 10/10 PICK ($250,000) plus $1.00 wager on 9/10 PICK ($5,000) and $1 wager on 7/10 PICK ($50.00).

“I am very excited! It didn’t hit me till I got it validated.” Malkani said of his win. “It came at a good time” he went on to say. Malkani plans to pay off his mortgage with his windfall.

The winning ticket was purchased at Daisy Mart located on Bristol Road West in Mississauga.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities. Since 1975, OLG lotteries, casinos, slots, and resort casinos have generated more than $28 billion for the benefit of the Province of Ontario. Gaming proceeds support Ontario’s hospitals, amateur sport, recreational and cultural activities, communities, provincial priority programs such as health care and education, and local and provincial charities and non-profit organizations through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.