Saskatchewan Lotteries reports that a $50,000 winner of their Crossword scratch-and-win ticket bought his ticket right in the Battlefords.
Local resident Raymond LaRose had bought three $3 Crossword tickets at the Battleford Remedy's Rx at 181-A 22nd Street.
As he would usually do, LaRose took them home to scratch the tickets to see if he won any prizes.
Originally, when he scratched his ticket, he thought it had revealed nine words, which would win $1,000. In the Lotteries news release, LaRose said "I was glad, I thought I had won $1,000."
However, when he took the ticket back to the store to check on the ticket checker, the prize amount displayed was a lot more. It was $50,000 - the top prize.
Larose realized when he looked at his ticket again that he had missed the 'U' in swimsuit, for a total of 10 words.
As you would expect, he was excited.
"I was pretty happy," said LaRose, who called his wife to let her know the good news. "I was pretty nervous, alright."
Larose intends to use his winnings to pay off his truck, and save the rest.
