Pauline Cotnam, a retiree with a 30-year history of playing INSTANT tickets, experienced her first major win recently. While scratching her ticket, she matched the last letter and number, initially doubting her eyes. “I thought it can’t be,” she recalled during her visit to the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to claim her winnings. “I called for my husband and said, ‘I think I won $50,000!’ He scanned the ticket on the OLG app, and when we saw the prize amount, we started jumping up and down in the kitchen like teenagers,” she laughed.
The 64-year-old was thrilled to share the news with her family. “When we told our kids, they were surprised and excited to go shopping,” she smiled. “It’s unreal. We went from routine to disbelief!” Pauline plans to celebrate her win by traveling and shopping with her children.
Pauline’s winning ticket was an INSTANT BINGO, available for $3 a play with a top prize of $50,000. The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.68. The winning ticket was purchased at Becker’s on Petawawa Boulevard in Petawawa.
(Written by: Emma Butler)