Arrest made after window smashed at bakery giving away Powerball tickets

Toronto police have arrested a man after a window was smashed at World Class Bakery, a Toronto shop giving away Powerball tickets to customers spending over $20.

Police were called to the bakery just before noon todayand arrived to find several people holding down a suspect on the sidewalk.

Officers said the man was outside the shop when the incident occurred.

SivaSwaminathanwas sitting in the World Class Bakery after receiving her Powerball ticket, she said, when a man picked something up from the sidewalk and threw it in the shop.

"I was taking a picture of my Powerball ticket to tweet, and next minute I'm covered in [glass]from the window," said Swaminathan outside the bakery.

"It hit my hand, but surprised I didn't get any cut," said Swaminathan.

Police donot believe the incidentisrelated to the publicity the bakery has garnered for its Powerball ticket giveaway.

Hundreds of people linedup outside the bakery to get theirhands on a Powerball lottery ticket today, ahead of the draw for a record-setting lottery prize in the U.S.

• Toronto bakery serves Powerball tickets to customers who spend more than $20

World Class Bakers, located on St. Clair Avenue West,started giving away tickets for the $1.5 billion US jackpot to customers who spent at least $20 in store on Tuesday. By mid-afternoon all 500 of the tickets they'd initially bought had been sold.

OwnerLisa Guluziansaidpeople were calling all day looking for tickets, so the bakery's managerSuzanne King decided to head back down to Buffaloto buy more.

"I believe we've sold about 700 tickets so far," Guluzian saidWednesday morning. "We have about 700 left."

The draw for the largest jackpot in history will takeplace tonightat 10:59 p.m. ET.

No ticket if you're in a bad mood

Guluziansaidthey decided to do the giveaway as a January pick-me-up after the holidays and to try to givea Canadian a shot at winning the coveted American prize.

"Everybody's having fun, everybody's in a good cheer," said Guluzian."I told them if they're in a bad mood they cannot have a ticket."

The Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the game, says the odds of having the winningPowerballticket are one in more than 292 million.