Two luxury cottages in Princess Margaret lottery won by residents from same region

Two of the top three grand prizes in the Princess Margaret lottery draw have gone to residents in the same region of Ontario.
The Princess Margaret Lottery gave away three cottages, each worth more than $2 million, this week in their annual draw.
According to Princess Margaret Lottery, two of the cottages went to residents in Durham Region.
The $2.2 million Haliburton cottage went to Oshawa resident Elizabeth Tucker. She also won $100,000.
The four-bedroom cottage features 3,003 square feet of finished open-concept living, the organization says.
The other Durham Region winner was Michael McCrae, from Greenbank. He won a $2.1 million cottage in Kawartha and $100,000.
The four-bedrooms cottage has a walkout basement, and screened-in sunroom off the sundeck.
The remaining cottage, located in Muskoka and worth $2.1 million, was won by Mississauga resident Denzil Faire.
The draw was held on June 7.
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