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After more than 200 taxi licences were doled out by the City of Calgary through a random lottery last month, eagle-eyed viewers noticed one man’s name appeared on the list of winners twice.

The lucky driver who won the licence lottery twice appears on the city’s Jan. 26 taxi plate licence selection list as winner #42 and #227.

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More than a week after the eight-page winners’ list was released, the city put out a bulletinstating no more taxi plates will be released until a review is complete — though it’s not clear if the repeat name is what spurred the review.

“Administration has been made aware of issues with the 2017 Taxi Plate Selection Process. A review has been initiated,” stated the bulletin dated Feb. 8.

A Postmedia request for an interview with the city’s Chief Livery Inspector, or any city official who could elaborate on why the taxi plate review was initiated, was denied Thursday.

Instead, a city spokeswoman sent an e-mailed statement that repeated what was in the Feb. 8 bulletin, with an additional three sentences.

“As we are in the review process, we don’t have any new information at this time. We will release more information when it is available. Thank you for your patience,” said the city statement from Sandra Sweet.