An 18-year-old student from Guelph has struck it rich.
Richard Szajek recently won $250,000 playing the Instant 25X Multiplier lottery.
Szajek says he started playing the lottery about one month after turning 18.
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He says he was in disbelief after scratching off the ticket and finding out that he had won a quarter-of-a-million dollars.
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Szajek picked up his winnings at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto and says he plans to pay off his student loans and buy a house with the money.
The winning ticket was purchased at Zehrs on Kortright Road in Guelph.
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