Nurse moved to tears after winning massive lottery prize just before retirement
When one lottery player discovered she had won a brand-new game, she wasn’t exactly sure what her prize was.
Kim Gale is a registered nurse from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. One day, she decided to try her luck by buying a ticket for the recently launched Mega 360 game.
“I scratched the ticket and scanned it on my phone… where it came up, ‘You won a spin,'” Gale recalled. “So, I tapped the screen on my phone, and the wheel started going, and when it stopped, it said, ‘Mega 360.'”
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The game had just launched that day and was the first Scratch, Watch and Spin game offered by Atlantic Lottery. But while a win certainly sounded great, Gale, unfamiliar with the prize structure, wasn’t quite sure what that meant.
“I had no idea the magnitude of the amount until I called Atlantic Lottery, and she told me I was going to spin the wheel,” said Gale. “I asked where the wheel was, and she told me it was in Moncton, so I said, ‘But I’m in Corner Brook,’ but she said, ‘Well, we are bringing you to Moncton to spin the wheel!'”
Atlantic Lottery’s newly launched Mega 360 game (alc.ca)
It was a surreal moment for Gale when she found herself at the Atlantic Lottery’s head office in Moncton, New Brunswick, on October 27.
“I’m overwhelmed, very excited. It didn’t feel real until I walked [through] the door, seeing the big wheel,” she said. “Everybody’s super excited.”
The big moment had finally arrived: Gale was just one spin away from winning a six-figure prize that ranged from $100,000 to $500,000.
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The excitement in the room must’ve been palpable as she walked up to the Mega 360 wheel, which landed on $200,000.
The six-figure win brought Gale to tears — she was already planning to retire in the new year, and her good fortune couldn’t have come at a better time.
Gale’s Moncton trip also allowed her to reunite with her two daughters, who live in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. As a result, they spent the weekend celebrating.
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As for her winnings, she said she’ll be sharing her prize money with her immediate family and plans to take them on vacation once she makes her retirement official.
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