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Nipigon man spins way to $100K

Bert Bobrowich wins grand prize in OLG's Big Spin instant scratch game.
Bert Bobrowich
Nipigon's Bert Bobrowich shows off the $100,000 he won playing OLG's Big Spin game, while at the lottery corporation's Toronto headquarters on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2017. (OLG handout)

TORONTO – A Nipigon man has spun and won $100,000.

Bert Bobrowich won the prize playing OLG’s The Big Spin instant win game, catching a flight to the Ontario capital, where he spun the game’s big wheel.

The $100,000 prize was the smallest amount he could have won, the game featuring a top prize of $500,000.

“I’ve played THE BIG SPIN a number of times since it became available. And I’ve had some small wins – $10, $20 and even $100,” Bobrowich said in a release issued by OLG.

“But this time, it was very different. I scratched my ticket and revealed ‘SPIN’ and then I watched the screen as the clerk validated the ticket and saw the words ‘BIG SPIN’. I knew from reading the back of the ticket that this meant something awesome.”

The father of two plans to share his windfall with loved ones.

“I come from a very big family – I have seven siblings. I know that my win is happy news for everyone.”

He’s also planning to buy a new truck and take more time to camp and fish.

“Winning the lottery means financial security. Now the pressure to work, work, work is off and instead I can slow down a little and enjoy life more,” he said.

Game players scratch their ticket to reveal a possible instant cash prize up to $100,000. If the prize revealed is SPIN, the ticket must be validated at an OLG retail location. If the prize revealed there is BIG SPIN, then the ticket-bearer heads to Toronto for a spin on the big wheel.

The winning ticket was purchased at the Gateway Casino in Thunder Bay.

 



Leith Dunick

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A proud Nova Scotian who has called Thunder Bay home since 2002, Leith is Dougall Media's director of news, but still likes to tell your stories too. Wants his Expos back and to see Neil Young at least one more time. Twitter: @LeithDunick
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