Binbrook man cashes in Lotto 6/49 ticket, ‘best $10 I have ever spent’

Not a bad consolation prize.

A Binbrook, Ont. man has won $256,243.80 in the September 2 Lotto 6/49 draw.

Before dropping his twin sons off at school, Richard Walker says he made a quick stop to check his lottery tickets and used $10 from a previous win to purchase new Lotto 6/49 tickets.

“That ended up being the best $10 I have ever spent!”

“When I took the ticket to a store scanner, there it was, ‘Big Winner!’ I couldn’t believe how much I had won,” said Walker, who claimed his windfall in Toronto. “My kids know about my win, but my wife is about to get the surprise of her life!”

The father of three says he plans to use the winnings to help send his daughter to medical school and purchase land in the Caribbean.

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“My wife and I have a dream of one day buying land and building our forever home in Grenada. This win gets us one step closer!”

The winning ticket was purchased at Shoppers Drug Mart on Bunting Road in St. Catharines.