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increase that size of the winnings, veteran ticket
seller Glen Masson is fuming.

Masson has sotd tickets
from his kiosk at 17th Street
and Lonsdale in North Van-
couver for six years. His week
ly sale of an estimated 1,000
Western Express tickets pro
vides a healthy chunk of bis
income as a vendor

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Until the changes which
come into effect with neat
week's draw — were an
nounced, Masson was collec
ting 10 per cent of the $1
tacket price

Effective with next week's
draw, however, that'll be cut

to seven per cent Masson's
income from Western Ex
press tickets - if the volume
of buying remains the same
will be 30 per cent less
than it 1 now
The lbkhable ticket seller,
who opcrates under a sign
that advertises him as Friend
ly Glen, i anything but
receptive to what the loticry
officials are telling him
According to Masson, he's
been told the new structure of

use recent changes in the money he'll make for getting the ti |! :
a”change in the amount of says Masson, will cut up to 30 per cent from the income he makes selling the $1 tickets.

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WHILE LOTTERY fanatics may be cheering
changes to the Western Express prize structure that

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-. Why Friendly Glen isn’t smiling
‘FRIENDLY GLEN Masson isn’t smiling much any more ,
‘Western Express lottery prize structure are accompanied wi

prizes that is cutting into his
income will make the
Western Express tickets more
attractive to buyers and he'll
sell more

Masson's response is) suc
cinct **Hogwash

Masson also says he almost
gets the impression that the
30 per cent cut of his commis-
sion on Western” Express
tickets may only be the start
of reductions in the take
from all the games.

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