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ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING CORPORATION
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TORONTO – Samantha Ritchie of Port Colborne is celebrating after winning a $200,000 prize with INSTANT PLINKO (Game #2280)!
Samantha, who works as a travel agent, says she has been playing the lottery since she turned 18. "I was getting gas when I decided to check my ticket. When the terminal froze, I was worried I would be late for work," she shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up her windfall. "I called my boyfriend right away!"
The 33-year-old says she her boyfriend was in shock about the win. "I also told my mom, and she was very happy," she smiled.
Samantha plans to pay some bills, go on a family vacation and is considering investing in property.
$5 INSTANT PLINKO combines popular scratch play with prizes revealed in-store by an animated chip drop on the lottery terminal screen and potentially, the chance to drop a chip on a real PLINKO Board at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.
There are three fun ways to win with INSTANT PLINKO:
- SCRATCH – Scratch the five (5) LUCKY NUMBERS and twenty-four (24) YOUR NUMBERS entirely. Match any one of the LUCKY NUMBERS to one of YOUR NUMBERS, win the corresponding prize from $5 to $100,000 or a CHIP prize.
- WATCH – If the prize won is CHIP, visit any OLG retail location to validate your ticket. Upon validation of a CHIP winner, watch the animated PLINKO chip drop on the lottery terminal screen to reveal your prize from $10 to $10,000 or a PLINKO top prize.
- DROP – If the prize displayed is PLINKO, you qualify for a PLINKO Event at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to win a guaranteed prize of $100,000 to $500,000.
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The winning ticket was purchased at Petro Canada on King Street in Welland.
OLG supports safe play and wants to keep the fun in the game. That’s why OLG is proud to be a leader in promoting responsible gambling with our globally recognized PlaySmart program.
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