Seeing sevens: Hamilton PSW wins big prize on lotto scratch ticket
Published October 18, 2021 at 1:53 pm
A Hamilton woman is celebrating a pretty significant windfall after winning the top prize recently on a scratch lottery ticket.
Hamilton’s Wilma Anderson won $77,777 top prize on the OLG’s Instant 777 games.
Anderson, a 59-year-old personal support worker, is a regular lottery player who tries her luck playing Lotto 6/49, Lotto Max and Instant games.
“I thought I won $77 at first,” Anderson said of her recent win. “When I passed the ticket to the clerk she said, ‘Oh, I can’t pay that here!’ I was shocked.
“I didn’t believe you could win like this on an Instant ticket.”
Anderson said she plans to share this win with her son and pay some bills.
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Instant 777 is available for $5 and the top prize is $77,777. The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.61.
The winning ticket was purchased at Gateway Newstands in Jackson Square.
