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TORONTO – An 82-year-old man who says he was denied $10,000 he won at an Ontario casino plans to “go after them” to claim his winnings.

John Marando said in an interview that he started going to the OLG Slots at Mohawk Racetrack near Milton, Ont., earlier this year. He said he won $1,000 “a couple of times” from the same machine and on Feb. 17 won about $400.

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Marando said he cashed in his winnings and decided to put another $20 in the machine on the way out. On the ninth two-dollar play, he said things started happening.

“All of a sudden ding, ding, ding, and I see this thing going round and round, one thousand, two thousand … $10,000, and $10,002, by the way” he said Wednesday from his Milton home.

The former Brinks driver said when he went to collect his winnings he was ushered into the casino office, where he said he was told “we can’t pay you, you signed yourself out 17 years ago.”

Marando — who said he suffered a brain injury that he was told could affect his memory — said he doesn’t remember signing a self-exclusion agreement in Niagara Falls, Ont.