Athens resident wins $75,000 on Holiday vacation

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Rod Linderman bought into the holiday break spirit in a significant way.

The Athens resident received 1 of the a few top rated prizes of $75,000 in the Countrywide Lampoon’s Christmas Holiday immediate lottery. Linderman, 45, explained in an OLG information release that he likes to perform the lottery for enjoyment.

“I imagined I would purchase some seasonal tickets to get into the holiday getaway spirit!” he stated.

The married father indicated that he and his spouse have been sitting down at their desk winding down for the evening when he discovered his acquire.

“I scratched this ticket initially and the very previous selection was the winner. I said to my wife: ‘I imagine we received some money.’ She came above to see for herself and begun to cry.”

They drove into city at 11 p.m. to have the $3 ticket validated.

“I imagined the push to the shop would be a squander of time, but certain sufficient it was a verified winner!”

The profitable ticket was bought at Kitley Grocery & Company Centre in Toledo.

Linderman has a lot of plans for his gain, in accordance to the OLG launch.

“We will fork out some expenditures, set a new roof on our dwelling, set some aside for our children’s training and make a donation to our local foods financial institution. We want to make the most of this revenue.”

At the very least a single of the other best prizes in that sport has been claimed. A lot more than 3.6 million tickets were printed. The odds of profitable one of the three prizes of $75,000 are 1 in more than 1.2 million, despite the fact that the overall odds of profitable any prize in the game are a person in 3.55.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has produced about $55 billion in earnings for the province of Ontario since 1975.