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TORONTO – Playing OLG JACKPOT RADIO paid off in a big way for Kenith (Ken) Holley of Aweres.
“I called into the morning radio show on Q-104 in Sault Ste. Marie to try and win a LOTTO 6/49 prize voucher worth $100. I had to answer a trivia question. I got it right and I won the voucher!”
Thrilled about his win, Ken headed to the store and exchanged his voucher for lottery tickets. “Little did I know, I was about to become a winner for the second time!”
At the store, Ken received five LOTTO 6/49 tickets with five ENCORE selections, good for five draws.
One of those ENCORE selections (April 13, 2016 LOTTO 6/49) had the winning combination. But some time had passed before Ken realized he was a winner.
“I checked my numbers nearly two weeks after the draw,” shared Ken. “I scanned my ticket in the ticket checker and I couldn’t believe the words on the screen: ‘Big Winner - $100,038.’ I had to scan it again just to make sure I saw it correctly. Then I asked the retailer to validate my ticket and that’s when the entire system shut down. The customers around me were as surprised as I was!”
Ken received his validation slip from the retailer. Then, he went to OLG Casino Sault Ste. Marie where he began the satellite prize claim process.
“Needless to say, I was very excited and I wanted to collect my prize so I went to the casino to get the paperwork started. I deposited the cheque on my birthday – what a gift!”
Ken is a retired school board employee and happily married to wife Patricia for 44 years. Together they have big plans for his windfall.
“The first thing on our to-do list is home renovations. That includes a bathroom fix-up, new floors and some new landscaping. Our dream vacation is not a sunny destination, but rather the opposite. We would love to take a trip north to Churchill, Manitoba and go on a ‘Polar Bear Tour.’ That would be the trip of a lifetime for us! It feels really good to win the lottery. I wish everyone could experience what I’m feeling,” concluded Ken.
ENCORE can be played in conjunction with most online lottery games for an extra $1. There is an ENCORE draw every day.
The OLG JACKPOT RADIO program is a promotion between OLG and local radio stations that gives away $100 LOTTO 6/49 and LOTTO MAX vouchers each week. Listeners are invited to call in and win a prize pack that includes the voucher, redeemable at any OLG lottery retailer.
The winning ticket was from Metro on Northern Avenue in Sault Ste. Marie.
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