A 78-year-old retiree from Wheatley will be able to buy himself a new set of wheels for Christmas after taking a chance on a lottery ticket.
Douglas Malott won $75,000 on an INSTANT NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION ticket he bought at Kim's Convenience on Talbot St. in Wheatley.
“I had played a couple INSTANT tickets and won $3, so I went back to the store to use those winnings to get another ticket,” Douglas told OLG officials while he was at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his cheque. “And that’s when I saw the INSTANT NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION ticket. It was new and cost $3 so I thought, ‘why not?’”
Malott said he played his ticket at home while enjoying a coffee and was so excited and shocked that he couldn't sleep that night.
He said he plans to buy himself a new car with some of the winnings.