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Schumacher couple takes a spin, comes home $225,000 richer

Dustin Gerner and Victoria Vigneux won a top prize with OLG’s The Big Spin Instant game
Vigneux of Schumacher
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TORONTO - With their families watching on the Big Spin event livestream, Dustin Gerner of Schumacher took a spin on The Big Spin Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to win $225,000! Dustin and his partner of seven years, Victoria Vigneux, won a top prize with OLG’s The Big Spin Instant game (#2075).

“We were on a road trip to visit friends and along the way we decided to buy a couple instant tickets to play in the car to pass the time. We picked Big Spin because it was a relatively new game,” shared Dustin, 26, a recent college graduate in mining.

“A couple hours later, we stopped at another retailer to validate our Big Spin ticket and claim $5 that we won on an Instant Crossword ticket. And it was in that store that the lottery terminal shut down,” reminisced Victoria, a 24-year-old, currently studying accounting. “The clerk started crying telling us that we won big. I couldn’t believe it!”

The couple kept the win a secret from friends and family until today. “Surprise everyone!” laughed Dustin. “Our good fortune really didn’t sink in until a couple hours ago when I spun the wheel and we found out our prize amount.”

The couple, parents of two, plan to pay off student debts, put money towards a new house and save for their kids’ education. “And Dustin hasn’t agreed yet – but we are definitely taking a family trip down south this winter!” smiled Victoria.

“We’re a young couple, just starting our lives. It feels great to be starting off with a $225,000 lottery win!” concluded Victoria

The Big Spin Instant game is an exciting $5 game that combines popular scratch play with prizes revealed in-store by an animated spinning wheel on the lottery terminal screen and potentially, an in-person spin on the Big Spin Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.

The winning ticket was purchased at Petro Canada on Highway 11 in Temagami.

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