{"id":804479,"date":"2026-07-15T23:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804479\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T23:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:44:15","slug":"it-was-unbelievable-sault-resident-shook-with-excitement-over-big-lotto-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804479\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It was unbelievable&#8217;: Sault resident &#8216;shook with excitement&#8217; over big lotto win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin says he\u00a0plans to put his prize toward bills, home renovations, and a new fence for his backyard<\/p>\n<p class=\"fab6k8g\">Sault Ste. Marie resident Benjamin S. is $250,000 richer after winning a\u00a0top prize with CASH BOOST SCRATCH ticket (Game #2576).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first big win,\u201d Benjamin shared while visiting the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to collect his cheque.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I was at the store, I decided to pick up a SCRATCH ticket. I looked down at the display case and chose CASH BOOST.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin said after uncovering his big win, he\u00a0was shaking with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first thing Benjamin did was call his dad. \u201cI was surprised he believed me right away. He must have heard it in my voice. He passed the phone over to my mom, and she was thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin says he\u00a0plans to put his prize toward bills, home renovations, and a new fence for his backyard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning big is an unreal feeling,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>CASH BOOST is available for $10 a play and the top prize is $250,000. Odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.77. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olg.ca\/en\/instants\/top-games.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">OLG.ca<\/a> for more information on this and other great games.<\/p>\n<p>The winning ticket was purchased at Circle K on Wellington Street West in Sault Ste. Marie.<\/p>\n<p>OLG supports safe play and wants to keep the fun in the game. That\u2019s why OLG is proud to be a leader in promoting responsible gambling with our globally recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playsmart.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PlaySmart<\/a> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benjamin says he\u00a0plans to put his prize toward bills, home renovations, and a new fence for his backyard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,282961],"class_list":["post-804479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ontario-lottery-and-gaming-corporation-olgolg-winner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}