St. Catharines man left ‘shocked, shaking’ after $250,000 lottery win
Published September 13, 2022 at 2:44 pm
A St. Catharines man who knows his word-play was left “shocked and shaking” after winning $250,000 in the INSTANT SCRABBLE lottery game.
Joseph Anderson, 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!”
He 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!” said Anderson who plans to buy a new car and invest.
The winning ticket was purchased at Avondale on Carlton Street in St. Catharines.
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