NEWS RELEASE
OLG
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TORONTO – Joseph Anderson of St. Catharines is $250,000 richer after winning with Instant Scrabble (Game #2311).
Joseph, a 62-year-old butcher, said he is a regular player of Instant tickets. “I counted the words as I was playing and as soon as I hit 10 words, I yelled out ‘Yay!’” he shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his winnings. “I went to the store to validate the ticket. I was shocked and shaking!”
Joseph said he called his wife and told her that she could leave work early. “She didn’t believe me and kept working. When she finally realized it was real, she was shocked and speechless,” he said. “To me, it’s extreme excitement – like the best Christmas present you ever received ten times over!”
He plans to purchase a new car and invest.
OLG is booking in-person prize claim appointments at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto. We strongly encourage those with claims between $1,000 and $49,999.90 to submit them online or mail them in. Submitting claims online is fast and secure. Customers with prizes over $50,000 are asked to call 1-800-387-0098 to discuss available prize claim options.
Instant Scrabble is available for $3 and the top prize is $75,000. Odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.48. Visit the Instant page on OLG.ca for more information on this and other great games.
The winning ticket was purchased at Avondale on Carlton Street in St. Catharines.
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