Lottery winner bought ticket on a whim and called her best friend after her win
A big lottery win can be overwhelming, and one woman in Newfoundland and Labrador had to call up her best friend just moments after finding out she won.
Patsy Dawe of Blaketown, NL, told the Atlantic Lottery that she doesn’t play the lottery often, purchasing a ticket or two each month on a whim.
“I scratched the ticket and couldnât believe what I saw. I saw three lounge chairs so I started to scratch the prize lot and saw âSetâŚ'” Dawe said. “I thought ‘No, this canât be right,’ but it did, it said âSet for Life,'” she told Atlantic Lottery in a news release.
Atlantic Lotteryâs Set for Life is a $4 ScratchâN Win ticket that offers two options for the top prize.
Winners can choose to receive $1,000 a week for 25 years, or a lump sum payment of $675,000, and Dawe opted for the lump sum.
Upon releasing what she had on her hands, Dawe immediately called her best friend, Donna, who told her to come over so she could double-check the ticket.
“I just live up the street, so I went up with the ticket and she said, ‘Yup, itâs true,'” Dawe said.
As for what she plans to do with her recent windfall, she is going to help her son by assisting him with a down payment on a new house and purchasing him a new car, as well as starting an education fund for her granddaughter.
Dawe says her win has opened up new possibilities for her and while she never dreamed of it before, she thinks she may go on her first cruise vacation.
âIt will change my life, but Iâm still going to be wise with it,â Dawe told the Atlantic Lottery. âIâm still overwhelmed. Itâs not pocket change.”
Patsy Dawe of Blaketown, N.L. doesnât play the lottery often, and she never believed she would actually win big, until her recent Set for Life ticket turned out to be a top-prize winner worth $675,000!â
Read more about her win here: https://t.co/9yko5HG2WG 19+ pic.twitter.com/4Deikw8BJo
â Atlantic Lottery (@AL_Lottery) August 11, 2022
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