Northern Ont. man claims $100K prize with bingo scratch ticket

Sudbury's Jason Barriault won $100,000 on Instant Bingo Doubler. The Hanmer man says he'll set the cash aside for retirement.

A northern Ontario man is celebrating a major lottery win after scratching out a $100,000 bingo prize on an instant game ticket.

Jason Barriault of the Sudbury-area community of Hanmer struck it rich playing Instant Bingo Doubler (Game #3423), a $5 lottery scratch ticket with odds of winning any prize at 1 in 3.75.

Bingo Doubler players scratch the 25 caller’s card numbers across six bingo cards on the ticket to review patterns for a chance to win up to $100,000.

More details about the game can be found on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s website.

Barriault, a 52-year-old who works in the railway industry, told OLG that he likes playing instant games while enjoying his morning coffee.

Barriault said the first person he shared the news of his big win with was his wife.

“I also told some of my coworkers and they were very excited for me,” he said, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his winnings.

“Other than that, we’ve kept the news pretty quiet.”

Barriault said he plans to use the windfall to focus on his family and his future.

“I’ll start thinking about retirement,” he said.

“I have everything I want and I feel grateful.”

The winning ticket was purchased at Fortinos on Highway 7 in Woodbridge, Ont., OLG confirmed.

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