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By Nigel Maxwell

Big Win

Sask. man wins over $775K playing VLT machine

Jan 24, 2020 | 2:21 PM

There was a lot of cheering and celebrating this week at Kostas Lounge in La Ronge, following news one of the customers received a massive payout from one of the VLT machines.

The big win happened late Wednesday afternoon around 5 p.m. according to owner Carmen Vancoughnett, who received the call about a minute after from one of her managers. She told paNOW she could not recall a bigger VLT win.

“I think the most someone has ever won here is maybe like $9,000,” she said.

Vincent Thompson of La Ronge has been identified as the lucky winner.

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“I was in shock; I couldn’t believe it,” Thompson remembered. “I was shaking so much, I almost couldn’t write my name on the ticket.”

Thompson said he plans to put his prize towards buying a house and a new vehicle. “And maybe some new toys,” he laughed.

(Submitted photo/ SLGA)

Vault Breaker is a wide-area progressive that links 4,200 VLT machines across the province. There are three mystery jackpot tiers: the province-wide grand jackpot has a minimum value of $500,000 and pays out before it hits $1.5 million, the regional major jackpot has a minimum value of $5,000 and pays out before it hits $25,000, and the local site jackpot minimum is $100 and pays out before hitting $500.

The province-wide jackpot has awarded $10,419,583.81 to 12 winners since June 2017. The jackpot was last won in Saskatoon on Dec. 2 at the Senator Hotel. The winner at that time walked away with over $800,000. -Vault Breaker’s province-wide grand jackpot has now been reset to $500,000.

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