A scratch off lottery player from Manitoba wins $100,000 recently

A man from Narol, northeast of Winnipeg, is Manitoba’s latest lottery winner. 

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation announced Thursday that Ronald Bedard hit it big on a scratch ticket purchased at a Co-op in Winnipeg, winning $100,000.

“My only reaction was shock and joy,” Bedard said in a release. “Nothing prepares you.”

A self-described regular scratch ticket player, Bedard said he intends to use his windfall toward completing the home he’s building.

The winner has to reach the nearest lottery headquarters for further documentation formalities and for claiming their winning prize money, lottery officials said.

They also announced that the winner has only 180 days from the day of the lottery draw to claim the winning prize money.