Windsor lottery winner receives $1 million home
This year's winner of the Brentwood Dream Home Lottery, Brentwood's biggest fundraiser, received the keys to their new home on June 6.
David Taylor from Windsor won the 33rd annual dream home lottery, a 3 bedroom and two-and-a-half-bathroom home in Amherstburg.
The home, worth over $1 million, was build by NOR-built construction.
The ticket sales began on Oct. 1 last year, with grand prize draws taking place in January. The sales raise funds for people recovering from alcohol and drug misuse.
'A lottery win is something we all dream about, and it's great that we get to make someone's dream come true here today,' said Sonja Grbevski, executive director at Brentwood Recovery Home in a news release.
Ticket sales for the next lottery will begin Oct. 1.
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