Toronto, ON – Shannon Nolan of Dunnville is celebrating after winning a $300,000 prize with INSTANT PLINKO (Game #3401).

Shannon, who works in healthcare, said her husband buys her OLG INSTANT tickets every week.

“I was at home playing my ticket when I discovered I won a CHIP prize and knew I had to go to the store. I thought I’d won maybe $10, but when the machine froze, I was in shock! I called my husband and told him I broke it,” she said with a laugh. “It took me about a week to process that I won the top prize!”

On the day of her live PLINKO Event, Shannon was buzzing with nervous energy and excitement. “Walking into the studio and seeing the PLINKO board was surreal,” she shared. “Having the crew there cheering me on was such a great feeling. When I heard the announcer say I won $300,000, I was shocked, thrilled, and overwhelmed with emotions. This win is an incredible blessing for my family.”

With her windfall, Shannon plans to pay some bills, invest for the future, and enjoy a fun family vacation with her grandchildren. “We’ll make some really wonderful memories together,” she said, beaming.

Shannon also has her sights set on a few bucket-list adventures. She hopes to travel with her husband to someplace they never imagined visiting — perhaps heading to Churchill, Manitoba, to take in the spectacular Northern Lights and see polar bears in their natural habitat.

Watch Shannon’s winning moment here:

Link: https://f.io/rY4T1wLq

$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:

1. 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 to win the corresponding prize from $5 to $100,000 or a CHIP prize.

2. 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.

3. 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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Odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.80. Visit the INSTANT page on OLG.ca for more information on this and other great games.  

The winning ticket was purchased at Petro-Canada on Queensway West in Simcoe.   

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