The number seven was very lucky for this St. Catharines couple

NEWS RELEASE
OLG
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TORONTO – Maurizio and Diane DiMaurizio of St. Catharines are $77,777 richer after winning with Instant Tripling Red 7S (Game #2186).

Diane, who recently celebrated her forty-eighth birthday, was teasing her husband Maurizio about not giving her a gift. The next day, Maurizio went to the store and picked up four lottery tickets and a newspaper and gave them Diane. “I scratched the Instant ticket but didn’t understand how to play so I handed it to Maurizio,” she shared, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up their cheque. “He looked at the ticket and said it was a winner,” Diane laughed.

Diane, a law clerk, and Maurizio, a 55-year-old mason, didn’t believe it, so they took their ticket to a retailer to verify their win. “We handed our ticket to the cashier and he said, ‘wow, you guys won big!’” recalled Maurizio.

The parents of two plan to pay off their mortgage and put the rest of their winnings in the bank. “This is wonderful for us. We might even treat ourselves to a hot tub for our backyard,” Maurizio smiled.

“This feels amazing. This win is all about us. The two of us have built a beautiful life and now we can enjoy it so much more together,” Diane concluded.

The OLG Prize Centre in Toronto is now accepting in-person prize claim appointments for winning-ticket holders of $10,000 or more. Appointments for prizes of this value will be granted if requested, however prizes up to $49,999.90 do not have to be claimed in-person and customers are encouraged to continue to mail in these claims when possible.

To best protect customers and staff, OLG has put in place appropriate health and safety protocols in accordance with guidelines from public health officials, which include physical distancing measures, the mandatory use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the pre-screening of visitors before granting entry. Future announcements will be made as to when OLG will open appointments to anyone wishing to claim their prize in-person at the Prize Centre.

INSTANT TRIPLING RED 7s is available for $5 and the top prize is $77,777. Odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.86. Visit the INSTANT page on OLG.ca for more information on this and other great games.

The winning ticket was purchased at Avondale on Facer Street in St. Catharines.

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