Donald Fraser has some big plans for his recent lottery win, including treating his wife to a trip of a lifetime.
Fraser, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, recently won $250,000 playing MEGA 360 Scratch’N Win ticket.
The game can be played as a Scratch’N Win at a retailer or an Instant Win game online.
Players either scratch their ticket or click through a digital game. If they get the “spin” feature, they get to watch an animated wheel spin to reveal their prize. Atlantic Lottery explains that this takes place during in-store validation for Scratch’N Win tickets or online for Instant Win games.
If the spin lands on MEGA 360, the player wins the chance to spin another prize wheel at Atlantic Lottery’s head office in Moncton, New Brunswick. Prizes on this wheel can range from $100,000 up to $500,000.
“I had won a spin on the ticket, so I scanned it with the Atlantic Lottery app, threw my phone on the couch and went about my business,” Fraser said in a news release.
“I came back after a while and it said, ‘Major Win,’ so, I thought I must have won $1000 or something.”
Turns out that he had won much more after getting to spin the big wheel.
“$100,000 is a lot of money, anything more than that is just gravy,” Fraser said prior to spinning the big wheel. “This is going to give us a lot of fun money for me and my family.”
After his big spin, Fraser ended up with $150,000 more, bringing his total to $250,000.
With his winnings, Fraser wants to help his kids and donates to charities with causes close to his heart.
He also plans on travelling and one of his trips will be to fulfill his wife’s dream of visiting Scotland.
“My wife really wants to go to Scotland, she has all her life,” he explained. He said he also hopes to travel to New Zealand.
Remember to check your Lotto Max tickets from Tuesday’s draw. Two lucky Canadians are splitting the life-changing $80 million lottery jackpot, and there were plenty of Maxmillions winners.
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