Robert Dubé of Chatham won a $100,000 top prize with recently with Instant Bingo Doubler.
Dubé, a retiree, is a longtime lottery player with OLG. He especially enjoys playing instant tickets, with his favourite game being Instant Bingo.
Now, the 82-year-old is delighted to share the story of his first major win. It was around 8:30 p.m. when Robert called his daughter, asking her to come over and check his ticket.
“I wasn’t sure whether I’d gotten all the numbers,” he said in a media release. “When my daughter came over and confirmed my win, she was overwhelmed with happiness and cried tears of joy.”
Dubé broke the news to some other family members.
“They were all thrilled for me and said I deserve this,” he said. “This win feels surreal!”
The father of three and grandfather of three plans to share his windfall with family.
The winning ticket was purchased at Lucky 7 Variety on McNaughton Avenue West in Chatham.
