It had been an extended day and Paras Thakur was merely on the lookout for a bit leisure as he hunkered down on the coach and checked his tickets on the OLG app.
What got here subsequent wasn’t precisely calm.
“When I saw that I had won, I couldn’t stop laughing,” stated the native husband and father, f his $285,447.40 windfall from the OLG Sept. 13 draw. “I informed my spouse the information and she or he began to cry tears of pleasure.
“We had some opposite reactions, but we are incredibly grateful.”
A daily participant for about seven years, Thakur referred to as the win a blessing which he plans to place in direction of shopping for a house.
“I will also find a way to give back to my community,” he added.
The profitable ticket was bought at Petro-Canada on Ontario Avenue South in Milton.
