INSTANT WINNER HAS THE LETTERS — BUT ONLY ONE WORD FOR SCORING $250,000

BRACEBRIDGE — What’s eight letters for winning a quarter-million dollars?

“Shocking,” says Janet Dawson.

And Instant, says the 54-year-old regular lottery player with OLG, whose go-to game is INSTANT CROSSWORD who is now celebrating a recent big win, courtesy of the classic word game.

“While playing my ticket, I was checking how many words I had revealed and thought I had won $25,000,” she said at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up her winnings.

“I was shocked when I found out I had actually won $250,000.

“I first shared the news with my husband, then called my dad. I was so filled with excitement that it was hard to keep a lid on it!” she smiled.

With her windfall, Janet looks forward to completing home renovations.

INSTANT CROSSWORD DELUXE is available for $10 a play and the top prize is $250,000. Odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.46.

The winning ticket was purchased at Stevens’ Your Independent Grocer on Wellington Street in Bracebridge.

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