Date: January 7, 2004

MEDIA ADVISORY

Toronto media personalities are taking their favourite charities for a ride, but it’s the charities that will win up to $15,000 with the ONTARIO INSTANT MILLIONS MEDIA CHARITY CHALLENGE!

What: The charity challenge will feature Toronto Media personality contestants playing a version of a scratch and win game, with each guaranteed to win at least $2,000 and as much as $5,000 for a favoured charity. The backdrop is a GO Train, completely decorated as the famed Orient Express - one of the actual prizes of the current Ontario Instant Millions promotion.

Who: Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Laurel Broten will be on hand to award the cheques to the charities. The Media personalities attending are Pauline Chan from CFTO News, Christine Crosbie from Global News and Sarika Sehgal from Toronto 1. Local City Councillor Mark Grimes will also participate.

Where: Heated tent at GO’s Willowbrook Train Yard at 125 Judson Street (Lakeshore Blvd. and Islington Avenue). QEW exit at Islington, head south towards Lakeshore Blvd, second street is Judson, turn left (east), turn right onto the first driveway. Park to the left in front of GO train tracks.

When: Thursday, January 8, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Event expected to run 45 minutes.

ONTARIO INSTANT MILLIONS tickets, and information on how to win the trip on the Orient Express, are now available province-wide at more than 10,000 lottery retailers, and on the OLGC website (www.OLGC.ca).

MEDIA CONTACT: Teresa Roncon, OLGC www.olgc.ca