Toronto, ON – Dale Broadbent of Bloomfield is celebrating after winning a $250,000 top prize with INSTANT CROSSWORD DELUXE (Game #3354).

Dale, a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, has been playing the lottery with OLG for many years. She enjoys playing CROSSWORD, taking her time to enjoy the game. She is now celebrating her first big win!

“I was sitting in my kitchen, playing my ticket and not paying much attention to how many words I had matched,” Dale recalled, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up her windfall. “I scanned my ticket on the OLG app and saw the ‘Big Winner’ screen. I thought I was seeing an ad, so I cleared the screen and scanned my ticket one more time.”

Unsure of what was happening, Dale had her husband take a look. “At first, we thought I had won $250, then he noticed all the zeros that followed. It was quite a shock for us both!” Dale smiled.

“I don’t think I really believed it until now. I never thought this would happen to me! There is so much I can do with this win. I haven’t made any plans yet, but I may travel and upgrade my vehicle,” Dale concluded.

INSTANT CROSSWORD DELUXE is available for $10 a play and the top prize is $250,000. Odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.46.

The winning ticket was purchased at Scott’s Store on Lake Street in Picton.   

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