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Pontypool, Ont. woman claims $250,000 prize on OLG scratch ticket

A Pontypool, Ont., woman claimed the top prize of $250,000 on the OLG's Instant Jackpot lottery ticket. OLG

A Pontypool, Ont., woman says her $250,000 lottery win will help with the mortgage on her new home.

OLG said Friday Annette Dukic, 54, won the top prize of $250,000 on an Instant Jackpot lottery ticket which she purchased at Corner Convenience on John Street in Pontypool, in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

A regular lottery player, Dukic said she initially thought she had won $250.

“But when I scanned the ticket and saw the extra zeroes appear, I was shocked,” she said while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up her winnings.

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Dukic said she called her husband right away to relay the news.

“He didn’t believe me at first. And my kids were so excited when I told them,” she said.

She noted the win was timely, as a new homeowner.

“We just bought a new house, so we will put some toward the new mortgage and purchase anything we need,” she said.

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