Michael Tokarz. (Submitted photo/Western Canada Lottery Corporation)

By paNOW Staff

Big Winner

Rosthern man wins over $1.1 million at VLT in Saskatoon

Feb 18, 2021 | 3:37 PM

A Rosthern man is now a millionaire after winning over $1.1 million on the vault breaker jackpot prize in Saskatoon last week.

According to a media release from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, on Feb. 12 Michael Tokarz won $1,182,437.43 at Sports on Tap in Saskatoon. The grand prize is awarded by the Saskatchewan VLT program.

Tokarz watched each vault breaker icon fall into place until five were lined up in a row indicating he had won the jackpot.

“I hugged my wife – she was playing nearby – and thought, ‘I’m getting a new workshop,’” he said in the release. He will also book a vacation once the pandemic is over, he said.

Vault Breaker is a electronically linked gaming machine that links 4,200 VLTs located in 570 sites in 270 communities across Saskatchewan.

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