"What the heck?" Canadian wins major lotto prize thanks to scratch ticket

A mundane day at home turned out to be life-changing after a Canadian man discovered he won big using a Scratch & Win ticket.

Richard Lambert of Salmon Arm, BC said his first thought when seeing he scored the top prize of $50,000 was, “what the heck?”

“I asked to see my brother’s phone so I could check the ticket to make sure,” he told the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.  

“I don’t have words, just laughter.”

Courtesy BCLC

Lambert was playing BCLC’s Super Crossword Scratch & Win ticket and purchased his ticket from the Salmon Arm Chevron at 101 Trans-Canada Highway.