a machine might take a couple of minutes to drop a ball. The integrity of the draw was monitored by a Montreal Trust officer. Each number was presented to the TV camera by a lottery staffer known as the "ball girl". Faye would announce each number until the proper number of digits needed were read. The machines were reloaded by the ball girl, and the same process would happen again. One memorable button presser was a man named Bob Thorton, who wished his parents in Huntsville good luck during the $100,000 draw. His parents watching from home won $100,000 from his button press on that very draw. In March 1983 from Cloyne, a 13-year-old girl in the audience named Paula Salmond won $100,000 at the live draw. She had bought the ticket at the door with her birthday money. She was numb when Greg asked her to press the button. A girl named Amy Wynn-Theriault (pronounced Wintario) was a guest on the 500th draw from Campbellford. Discontinuation and aftermath Wintario was discontinued in late 1989 as the lottery revenues would no longer go into grant projects, but instead into a general revenue fund. Therefore, Wintario could no longer say it helped the projects it once had. The final draw was held on January 4, 1990 in Sault Ste. Marie. A total of 647 draws from numerous towns, villages and cities across Ontario during the lottery's 15-year existence. It is estimated the lottery and Global Television crews had logged a distance equivalent to nine and a half times around the world just in Ontario. A Wintario Extra game was introduced after the last draw in 1990, and a new lottery show debuted on TV Ontario, hosted by Sandy Stahlbrand and Kevin Lund. Called Ontario Lottery Live, it included all the Saturday draws and summarized the week's winning numbers for all lottery games. The show had no live audience and paled in comparison to Wintario's live show. Ontario Lottery Live only lasted two years. In 1995 the ticket price was $10; Wintario was retired a year later. In 1996, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation discontinued Wintario completely from its lottery line-up. In 2010, the OLG brought Wintario back as a $2 instant scratch game that was on the market for three months. References Lotteries in Canada 1975 establishments in Ontario 1996 disestablishments in Ontario Television series by Corus Entertainment 1975 Canadian