Win Some, Lose Some: Brampton Lottery Winner Arrested After Collecting Four Million Dollar Prize

Posted July 22, 2009 12:00 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Congratulations, you just won the lottery! What are you going to do next?

Spend the night in jail was the unexpected answer for a Brampton man.

Shortly after Barry Small collected his $4.4 million prize – and posed for the beaming photo shown above – police were on hand to take him in to custody.

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