NEWS RELEASE
OLG
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TORONTO – Congratulations to Peter Squires of Elliot Lake for winning $900,000 with The Bigger Spin Instant game (Game #3147).
Peter, a regular player of The Big and Bigger Spin Instant games said he picked up his ticket after a golf tournament he played in that day.
“I scanned the ticket on the OLG Lottery App and something different appeared that I haven’t seen before,” he shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto. “When I went to the store and realized I won an in-person spin I was so excited! I was yelling around the store,” he laughed.
The father of three (with one on the way) said he called his girlfriend to tell her the big news. “She thought I was excited about winning the golf tournament. I had to meet her to show her the ticket!”
Peter admitted he was nervous about spinning the big wheel in person.
“I couldn’t even watch the spin. Holy – $900,000! It sure is different when you see it in front of you.”
The contractor and construction worker plans to save his winnings for his children’s education and make smart investments.
“Maybe next year I’ll build a house,” he concluded.
OLG is now accepting in-person prize claims by-appointment only for customers with prizes of $1,000 or more who wish to claim at the OLG Prize Centre. To best protect customers and staff, OLG has put in place appropriate health and safety protocols in accordance with guidelines from public health officials, which include physical distancing measures, the mandatory use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the pre-screening of visitors before granting entry. Players should contact the OLG Support Centre at 1-800-387-0098 to discuss available prize claim options or to schedule an appointment.
The Bigger Spin Instant game is an exciting $10 game that combines popular scratch play with prizes revealed in-store by an animated spinning wheel on the lottery terminal screen and potentially, an in-person spin on The Bigger Spin Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.
The Bigger Spin Instant game has three fun ways to win:
- SCRATCH – To win an instant cash prize of $10 to $150,000 or a SPIN prize.
- WATCH – If the prize won is SPIN, visit any OLG retail location to validate the ticket and watch the animated wheel spin on the lottery terminal screen. Every “SPIN” is a guaranteed win! SPIN prizes range from $10 to $150,000 or a Bigger Spin.
- SPIN – If the animated wheel stops on “Bigger Spin,” the prize won is an actual spin on The Bigger Spin Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre for a guaranteed prize of $500,000 to $1 million!
The winning ticket was purchased at Hillside Shop and Save on Hillside Drive in Elliot Lake.
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