A little scratch makes for shaky unreal day
- | September 12, 2014
Crystal Chocan went to the store to check her lottery tickets, but she never expected to see a six-figure amount on the self-checker display. The Lloydminster, SK resident's LOTTO 6/49 Free Play ticket with the add-on game EXTRA entered for the August 6th draw won $250,005!
"I thought, 'This isn't for real,'" Crystal recalled.
Unsure of the amount being displayed on the ticket checker, she scanned it
again. Thinking she had read $25,000 she quietly walked up to the
counter and asked the retailer to check the $1 ticket. Once it was
confirmed that she had won the top prize on EXTRA plus $5 on LOTTO 6/49 for a
total prize of $250,005 she couldn't contain her emotions anymore.
"I started shaking," she said. "The tears started coming
down."
Crystal plans to use her winnings to buy a new vehicle and put some money aside
for her family.
She redeemed the Free Play and added EXTRA for $1 at 18th Street Gas Bar
located at 5002 18th Street in Lloydminster, AB.