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Ontario lotto player wins $12 million prize

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A sign outside a Toronto convenience store advertises a Lotto 6-49 draw. (Chris Kitching/CP24)

Someone in Ontario has won a $12 million lottery prize.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Corporation said the winning Lotto 649 Gold Ball Jackpot ticket was purchased online.

The winner has already received an e-mail to let them know they have won, OLG said.

Two encore prizes were also won in the draw, one in Toronto and another in Oxford county.