Lotto luck for a Grimsby woman.
Kathryn Scrimshire has won $77,777 with INSTANT 7 .
“I enjoy playing new INSTANT games,” shared Kathryn while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto where she picked up her winnings. “INSTANT 7 just came out this month and so I decided to give it a go.”
Kathryn was heading home from work when she purchased her winning ticket. “Traffic was heavy so I decided to pull into the plaza and pick up a couple of scratch tickets. I scratched my winning ticket first and thought, ‘This can’t be right. I better go back into the store to be sure.’”
After scanning her ticket in the ticket checker, Kathryn received the confirmation she was looking for. “It said, ‘Big Winner!’ My hands started shaking and I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t wait to share the news with my husband and went straight to the retailer to validate my ticket. The terminal froze and OLG called to confirm the amount I won. Other patrons at the store congratulated me on my win.”
Next, Kathryn headed home. “I said to my husband I won and he didn’t believe me so I showed him the validation slip. He gave me a huge hug and said congratulations. It was an amazing moment.”
Kathryn says her windfall opens up a world of possibilities. “I haven’t thought about what I will do with my prize yet. For now, it is going in the bank. But there are so many things I can do now that I couldn’t do before. I might take my husband on vacation to a hot destination this winter. Maybe Cuba,” concluded Kathryn.
INSTANT 7 is available for $5 a play and there are 7 top prizes each worth $77,777. Odds of winning a prize are 1 in 4.00.
The winning ticket was purchased at Barlett Convenience on Lake Street in Grimsby.