Ontario lottery winner who scored big for second time this year plans on buying condo
Ontario lottery winner who scored big for second time this year plans on buying condo
An image of 64-year-old Jeffrey Gurczenski with his big cheque. (OLG)
A 64-year-old Ontario lottery winner has hit the jackpot twice in just one year.
Mississauga resident Jeffrey Gurczenski won $91,000 on a Poker Lotto All In game a few months ago, and this time around, he scored a bigger prize.
“When it landed on $150,000 my heart was racing! I was so happy. I called my friends when I went home – they were so happy for me,” Gurczenski said when picking up his Bigger Spin Instant prize cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.
The two-time lottery winner plans to buy a condo with his earnings.
“It’s jaw-dropping,” he said.
The Bigger Spin Instant game mixes scratch-to-play with prizes revealed in-store with an animated spinning wheel.
The winning ticket was bought at Mac’s on Dixie Road in Mississauga.
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An image of 64-year-old Jeffrey Gurczenski with his big cheque. (OLG)
