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An Ohsweken woman who thought she won $20 on a instant OLG ticket was left stunned when her husband corrected her, telling her she actually won $200,000.

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“I was shocked,” said retiree Sally Henhawk told OLG officials.

“I’d never won a big prize before (and) it was a wonderful surprise.”

Henhawk bought her ticket at Pioneer/On the Run gas station on King George Road in Brantford and was with her family through the day, celebrating her grandson’s birthday.

She decided in the evening to play the Instant Ruby Solitaire game, leading to the exciting moments.

“While it’s taken some time to process this win, we are so happy,” she said while visiting the OLG prize centre in Toronto to get her winnings.

Henhawk said she plans to help her kids, invest in her retirement fund and travel.

Henhawk is the third local resident to win a big OLG prize in the last few weeks.

Brantford trucker William Newman won $100,000 on an Instant 5X Vortex game ticket he bought at Ultramar on Sinclair Boulevard and played in his truck while sitting in the parking lot.

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Ute Schram of Paris said her second second-place prize of $217,403 in a January Lotto Max draw was perfect timing as she was just weeks away from retirement. Schram got her ticket at Pioneer/On the Run on King Edward Street in Paris and plans to travel, share with her kids and set up some educational funds for her grandchildren.

In February Simcoe’s Leona Shannon won $50,000 on an instant game ticket bought at BJ’s Convenience in Simcoe.

And it was announced in January that Austin Moses-Vanevery, from Wilsonville, and Alexandro Da Cruz, of Selkirk, big lottery winners.

Moses-Vanevery won $355,128 in a Lotto Max draw and Da Cruz won $100,000 with Encore.

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