TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2018 /CNW/ - With his wife Megan by his side, Michael Tallari of Thunder Bay took a spin on THE BIG SPIN Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to win $350,000! Michael won a top prize with OLG's THE BIG SPIN INSTANT game (#2104).
"My wife and I enjoy playing INSTANT tickets. THE BIG SPIN has been a favourite since it came out," shared Michael, 34.
The father of two purchased his ticket while at the mall with his daughter. "Our youngest is only 12 weeks old so I took my eldest daughter out for the day so that Megan could spend some time with the baby. I promised her a treat at the end of our outing if she behaved nicely," explained Michael. "She did great! When we stopped at the store to buy her treat, THE BIG SPIN INSTANT ticket caught my eye. It was the last one, so I thought – Why not?"
Michael played his ticket in the mall while his daughter enjoyed her treat. "When I realized I had a winner, there were so many emotions running through my mind. I thought about my family and about how fun it would be to share the news with Megan," smiled Michael.
With an extra $350,000 in his bank account, Michael is planning for a bright future. "We'll be putting money aside for the girls' education funds and purchasing a new, bigger vehicle."
"It's sweet," he concluded. "This win happened when and where I least expected it!"
THE BIG SPIN INSTANT game is an exciting $5 game that combines popular scratch play with prizes revealed in-store by an animated spinning wheel on the lottery terminal screen and potentially, an in-person spin on THE BIG SPIN Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.
THE BIG SPIN INSTANT game has three fun ways to win:
- SCRATCH – To win an instant cash prize of $5 to $100,000 or a SPIN prize.
- WATCH – If the prize won is SPIN, visit any OLG retail location to validate the ticket and watch the animated wheel spin on the lottery terminal screen. Every "SPIN" is a guaranteed win! SPIN prizes range from $10 to $10,000 or a BIG SPIN.
- SPIN – If the animated wheel stops on "BIG SPIN," the prize won is an actual spin on THE BIG SPIN Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre for a guaranteed prize of $100,000 to $500,000!
The winning ticket was purchased at Shefield Express in the Intercity Shopping Centre on Fort William Road in Thunder Bay.
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