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Dorothy Barnes is $675,000 richer from a Set for Life Scratch & Win ticket.
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Cat food rendezvous leaves Richmond woman Set for Life
Published 2:10 PDT, Thu October 29, 2020
Last Updated: 2:15 PDT, Thu October 29, 2020
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Dorothy Barnes thought she was going to the store for cat food and toilet paper. Instead, she came home $675,000 richer from a Set for Life Scratch & Win ticket.
The Richmond resident, who claimed her prize using BCLC’s alternate prize-claim process, stopped in at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Williams Road where she decided to purchase the ticket.
“When I realized I had uncovered three cash for life symbols, I dropped my ticket and quickly grabbed my iPad. I returned the next day to the Shoppers Drug Mart and saw the clerk that sold me the ticket. I wanted to share the good news with him.”
Barnes couldn’t wait to tell her partner, who was in the garden dealing with a minor spider problem.
“I was yelling at him to come into the house, so at first he thought that I needed him to kill a spider, but when I told him I had won, he immediately got his phone to share the news with our family and close friends.”
She plans to travel closer to home after purchasing a new motorhome with her prize, and also wants to “pay it forward” by setting her children up for the future.
BC players have won $9 million in Scratch and Win tickets so far in 2020. Watch some amazing lottery winner stories at www.playnow.com/lottery/winners/you-could-be-next.
Players can also now check their lottery tickets anytime, anywhere on iOS or Android devices. Learn more about the BCLC Lotto! App here.
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