Cobourg Man “Will Never Forget the Moment” He Won $500,000

Pete Fisher
4 years ago
• Categories: Local

Brian Beckman of Cobourg, come on down! Brian lived out a ‘Price is Right’ dream at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto, dropping a chip on a real PLINKO Board to win $500,000 with the new $5 INSTANT PLINKO!

Brian said he had a good feeling while choosing his INSTANT PLINKO ticket at the store. “I asked the clerk for the third one down,” he shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to drop his chip. “I handed my ticket to the clerk because I won an in-store CHIP, then became distracted. I didn’t realize what happened until OLG called the store – it felt surreal!”

The 59-year-old said he felt level-headed as he approached the room at the OLG Prize Centre to drop his chip. “I was expecting maybe $200,000 or $300,000 then it landed on the big one! It was fantastic.”

Brian said it’s difficult to describe what the winning feeling is like. Although, his emotional reaction to his win needs no explanation. “I will never forget this moment.”

Video of win

Plans for his big win include buying a new truck, sharing with family and friends and enjoying a wonderful retirement.

$5 INSTANT PLINKO combines popular scratch play with prizes revealed in-store by an animated chip drop on the lottery terminal screen and potentially, the chance to drop a chip on a real PLINKO Board at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.

There are three fun ways to win with INSTANT PLINKO:SCRATCH – Scratch the five (5) LUCKY NUMBERS and twenty-four (24) YOUR NUMBERS entirely.

Match any one of the LUCKY NUMBERS to one of YOUR NUMBERS, win the corresponding prize from $5 to $100,000 or a CHIP prize.WATCH – If the prize won is CHIP, visit any OLG retail location to validate your ticket. Upon validation of a CHIP winner, watch the animated PLINKO chip drop on the lottery terminal screen to reveal your prize from $10 to $10,000 or a PLINKO top prize.DROP – If the prize displayed is PLINKO, you qualify for a PLINKO Event at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to win a guaranteed prize of $100,000 to $500,000.

OLG is returning profits from the first three months of sales (January 4 to March 31, 2021) of these tickets to retailers.