A Norwich woman is $100,000 richer after saying “yes” to Encore for the Feb. 16 Lotto Max draw.
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Dianne Wise matched the last six of the seven Encore numbers to claim the six-figure prize.
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The self-employed woman said she only plays the lottery sporadically but, when she does buy a ticket, always included the Encore option.
“I logged into my OLG.ca account and saw a message that I had won,” Wise said. “I was at work, so I put it aside and thought about it later.
Later on, I was looking at the prize amount thinking, “Is that real?”
Wise admitted winning the big prize took a few days to fully sink in.
“I didn’t say anything because I wasn’t sure if it was true,” she said while picking up her winnings at the OLG Prize Center in Toronto. “When I realized it was real, I told my husband. We were shocked. We never expected a big win. It’s such a nice feeling.
The plan for Wise’s windfall is home renovations, which might just include a “new kitchen in my future,” Wise said.
The winning ticket was purchased on OLG.ca.
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