NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING
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Haley Heaton of Cambridge seized the moment, playing Instant Top Up to win the jackpot, which had grown to $274,873.30 when it was won!
Haley, a 25-year-old mother of three, said she plays Instant tickets occasionally and this is her first big win. “I went to the store to cash my tickets and the retailer asked if I wanted a Top Up. I said yes, and that’s when I saw it said ‘Jackpot’! I couldn’t believe what I was seeing – my mind was blank,” she shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up her windfall.
Haley said she had mixed emotions. “I was excited and nervous. I never had this much money before. With my age, I feel very lucky.”
She plans to pay off her car and put a down payment on a house. “It’s an unreal feeling.”
Instant Top Up can be added to any eligible Instant ticket purchase for $1 more. The top prize is a jackpot that starts at $25,000 and grows with each play purchased across Ontario until it is won. Free Play and cash prizes are also available. The retailer scans the barcode on the back of the Instant ticket and collects the $1 to activate the Instant Top Up video on the lottery terminal screen. If the video displays three matching tiles, win the corresponding prize. If a “Top Up Bonus” tile is revealed, win a Bonus prize.
The winning ticket was purchased at Little Short Stop on Hespeler Road in Cambridge.
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