Friday, May 21, 1999 - North Shore News - 29 ears of lotteries... Advertising feature Pere errreverr prtnerrarirerirrirerererrtereritrrirrrrsereree rrr irerre rer ri PPePerrrerirrrrererirrrrritiirrrerrrrt rrr rrrrrie irri rr errr rire reer iio And the Stars of 74 are people chosen because of a unique connection to 1974. You're invited to the draw. People from the crowd wilt have a chance to take home merchandise gifts, So just come! Players win by picking numbers operating the PYNAgator (the Pick-Your- Numbers-Automatically generator). The numbers will * = determine haw much they The seven Scratch & Win win. They are guaranteed to entrants qualified by win. scratching the word “ENTRY” How long has 25 years been? on tickets they bought. They Well, in 1974. you paid 69 were drawn from all the North cents fora q:a: “f milk and Shore entries. $1.50 to see a movie! Okay. so you play the lottery twice every week, and you never win, Over the past 25 years, since lotiery tickets were first available in B.C., there arc thousands and thousands of times North Shore people couldn't make that statement. They've won. Big prizes, small prizes, but they’ve won. To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of lotteries, more will win. On the North Shore. This month. They'll win cash. Someone in the audience will receive a merchandise gift, every time the contestants draw the word “GIFT.” Everybody's welcome. It's a community draw show, not What you can win: If you're a Scratch & Win participant, you draw seven numbers, add them up and multiply by $2. If you're a Star of '74, you draw seven numbers, add them up and multiply by $1. If you're in the audience and your entry is drawn, you wina merchandise Bifi. 2:00 p.m. Where? North Vancouver Capilano Mall Who’s invited? Everyone...it's free...just show up! Who's playing? These Scratch & Win players from the North Shore: © Barbara Selby ® Ginny Van Diest © James McPherson * Nancy Alien * Susan Sutton Irenio Petalver Plus these North Shore Stars of 74: * Jennifer Sharpe, who was born in 1974 ¢ Barry & Jo-Anne De Meyer, married in 1974 Who's winning? All these people — and probably more . from the crowd entering at the draw! ‘What happens? e Players press the PYNAgatar — as easy as ringing the doorbell — to pick numbers. ¢ Scratcis & Win contestants will win double the sum of thelr seven lotto numbers (six numbers plus the bonus number) from the PYNAgator for cash prizes of $55 to $2,318. Stars of '74 will win dollar for defar, what they land on, and their prizes range from $28 to $1,159. | ° There are cash prizes and merchandise gifts to be wai. If players land on a doubler, they doubie your sum right away! . us ¢ The lowest possibile total (1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7) totals 28. e The highest possible total (43, 44, 45, 4C, 47,43, 49) is 322 and, with doublers, can way up to $2,318. ¢ Both results ~- and thousands upon thousands in Between — are equally likely, or unlikely. the kind of draw for millions or even thousands of dollars, but a draw that's guaranteed to be fun, and a draw that’s restricted to people from this community. Achief cost accountant could command an annual salary of between $16,000 and $20,000. William E. Lucas retired a year after receiving the new designation as superintendent of the North Vancouver School District and 46 years after he started teaching. Baseball had its first black manager, Frank Robinson in Cleveland. Capilane Golf and Country Club assistant pro Bob Moir was recovering nicely in hospital after undergoing 9 1/2 hours of Surgery after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage and collapsing on the golf course. Richard Nixon became the first U.S. President ever to resign, to avoid being impeached over the Watergate cover-up. Ron Austen, West Vancouver recreation assistant, announced a new youth recreation program for all West Vancouver teens which , included such things as guitar lessons, drama, Karate, dance and yoga. Billboard's Number One pop song was Bennie and the Jets, by Elton John. . Muhammad Ali became the second man to regain the heavyweight championship (Floyd Patterson was first) when he knocked out George Foreman in Zaire. There were no Space Shuttles — they hadn't been invented yet. Gump Worsley, Frank Mahovlich and Alex Delvecchio retired from hockey. The original movie, Rocky, was two years ‘away from being Capilano Mall Expansion funded Pardon the pun, but things at the Evergreen Squash Club in North Vancouver were just too squashed. So the decision was made to expand and upgrade. With help from lottery funding of $47,500, the club made its move. “We would have dane i it {anyway] but we would have had to go out and borrow moze," Dennis Hoffman, the club president, explaing “We're a non-profit organization and the funding was a way to help us proceed with the work.” The club's courts were American-style and when they added a new court, they converted the old ones to international style (lines are higher, court is bigger). “Our membership was growing and we always have had a waiting list,” Dennis adds, “About 330 are playing members.” That meant one of the new courts is for doubles play. “We find the membership,” Dennis says, “is turning to doubles." ...that if you placed every lottery ticket ever sold in B.C. end to end, it’s estimated that they would circle the globe — almost eight times? - Anniversary Stars party. Just by showing up fo use the PYNAgstOn they’ W win’ cash. Star is b <> .When Helen Reid decided her granddaughter, Jennifer ‘ Sharpe, was worthy of being a Star of '74, she definitely ‘made several good points. “She is a precious granddaughter... thoughtful, ‘understanding, generous, loving and kind,” Helen’ explains, “but she has many ‘more attributes — too ’ numerous to mention.” Jennifer was, born on November 2nd, 1974, the year lottery tickets were first sold in B.C. While she was born in White Rock, she moved shortly after to North Vancouver. “I like the trails...hiking and stuff like that,” says Jennifer, who enjoys taking her dog for walks in Princess Park and Ambleside. She is an occasioual lottery player. “I play Scratch & Wins more regularly,” she says, “I've won up to ten dollars.” On May 30th, she WILL win more than $10. She can take that to the bank. Without lotteries, every family in B.C. would be paying, on average, an additional $250 in taxes every year. : fee . When B.C. formed its own lottery company in 1985, ticket sales for all Western Canada were just under $500 million. B.C. surpassed that figure on its own with in four years. sae Each B.C. resident should on average win 28 times a year playing lotteries (that’s an average that includes many $2 and $5 prizes) eae The Hey Wagon, «a mobile stage with a “lotto” lighting and State-of-the-art sound system, was put on the road by lotrery players in B.C. last sumnier. roe in 1974, lotteries directly employed 18 peaple in B.C. Today, the B.C, Lottery Corporation lias more than 400 eimplayees. ree There is gender equality among B.C. lottery players — with relatively the same number men as wonen playing. The De Meyers were married on June 15th, 1974, just two months before the first lottery ticket went on sale in B.C. They'll have a chance to celebrate the 25th Anniversaries on May 30th at Capilano Mail. Thanks to Barry’s mother. ‘ Suzanna De Meyer thinks they're Stars of '74 bécause they've stayed happily married, with two fine children, Travis and Julie. ; “They were married at St. Edmond’s Church in North Vancouver,” remembers Suzanna. , Barry and Jo-Anne have lived in North Van for 15 years. “We like the mountains and greenery of the North Shore the most,” they say, “but also the change in real estate and population growth over the years is also something that comes quickly to mind.” Avid loutery players, they'll definitely be playing to win at Capilano Mall. How much depends on the sum of the seven numbers they draw using the PYNAgator — they multiply that total by a dollar. And every time they draw the word “GIFT” somebody in the audience that day will win a merchandise gift.