Oshawa man wins $250,000 in lotto draw

An Oshawa man is a quarter million richer after a lucky scratcher ticket win.

David, a 62-year-old automotive worker, has been a longtime lotto player since the Wintario days. He mostly buys Lotto Max, 6/49 and scratchers. This time he bought a couple Neon Casino tickets from Circle K on Highway 2 in Courtice to try out. He didn’t win on either ticket but decided to try a couple more times.

“I went to the store and asked the clerk how many more Neon Casino tickets they had. She told me there were three left, so I said, ‘I’ll take them.’ I lost on the first two,” he told the OLG, “When I got to the third, I matched a few numbers and thought I won a few bucks. I didn’t even scratch off the prize amount.”

“I finished scratching my ticket to reveal the prize amount and saw I had won $250,000. I couldn’t believe it,” he continued, “The clerk and I exchanged a cinematic high-five. I paced around for a few minutes until OLG called and I finally calmed down.”

David called his daughter to tell her first. “I stayed calm as I showed her the ticket,” he recounted, “She looked at me like, ‘Dad, is this yours?’ I said, ‘Yeah!’ She asked, ‘Really?’ and I said ‘Yeah’ again. She was so excited for me.”

He going to invest some of the winnings, spend a bit on himself, and share the rest with his kids. “Winning is an amazing and comforting feeling,” he said “It’s one of the best feelings in the world.”