Edward Footitt of Bracebridge is celebrating after stepping inside OLG’s newest experiential lottery game, INSTANT MONEY MACHINE, and winning an incredible $55,000!
Edward, a retiree, has been playing the lottery with OLG for decades. “My wife and I have an evening routine where we play INSTANT tickets together before dinner. This is my first big win,” he shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.
“I checked my ticket at the store, not expecting to win the big prize. The clerk told me to watch the terminal, and I had no idea what was happening,” he said. “The next thing I knew, they were telling me I’d won a MONEY MACHINE LIVE EVENT!”
Edward brought home a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine to celebrate with his wife. “When I told her the news, she started shaking with excitement. It was a wonderful moment to share together — one I will never forget,” he smiled.
On the day of his live event, Edward admitted that seeing the MONEY MACHINE for the first time was a bit daunting. “I tried to grab as many bills as I could while hearing my family cheering me on. It blew my mind to hear I’d won $55,000!”
With his winnings, Edward plans to pay a couple of bills, do some work around the house, share with his grandchildren, and set the rest aside to enjoy. “I’ll treat my wife to whatever she wants,” he said with a grin.
“It felt so good to share this moment with my family,” he continued. “We’ll be telling this story for a long time.”
INSTANT MONEY MACHINE is an exciting $5 game that combines popular scratch play with prizes revealed in-store by an animation on the lottery terminal screen and potentially, an in-person MONEY MACHINE LIVE EVENT.
INSTANT MONEY MACHINE game has three fun ways to win:
- SCRATCH – To win an instant cash prize of $5 to $5,000 or a MONEY MACHINE prize.
- WATCH – If the prize won is a MONEY MACHINE prize, visit any OLG retail location to validate the ticket and watch the animation on the lottery terminal screen. Every MONEY MACHINE prize is a guaranteed win! Prizes range from $10 to $10,000 or a MONEY MACHINE LIVE EVENT.
- MONEY MACHINE LIVE EVENT – Winners enter the MONEY MACHINE to collect as many bills as they can within 30 seconds, for a guaranteed prize from $25,000 to $100,000.
Odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.75. Visit the INSTANT page on OLG.ca for more information on this and other great games.
The winning ticket was purchased at Shoppers Drug Mart on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge.
