2025-02-14

ST. JOHN’S (N.L.) – Daniel Beason of Colinet, N.L. received a much bigger gift than he ever imagined when his granddaughter gave him a birthday card with some Scratch’N Win tickets inside, one of which was a top-prize winning Set for Life ticket worth $675,000.

“He was scratching one of the tickets when he looked up from the table and his eyes were watering,” Beason’s granddaughter Mickey said. “He said, ‘No way’, and I said, ‘
What, what?’ and he finally said, ‘There’s no way, Mickey. I think I just won Set for Life.”

Atlantic Lottery’s Set for Life is a $4 Scratch’N Win ticket that offers two options for the top prize. Winners can choose to receive $1,000 a week for 25 years, or a lump sum payment of $675,000. Beason will receive the lump sum payment.

“I was numb. You just don’t believe those things,” Beason said. “I’m still in shock, I have lots of butterflies.”

Beason’s granddaughter scanned the ticket with Atlantic Lottery’s mobile ticket checker which indicated the ticket was a major winner. After Beason signed his name on the back, his granddaughter took it to the nearest convenience store to confirm that he was in fact a $675,000 winner.

When asked what he will do when he sees the money in his bank account, Beason said he will probably faint.

Plans for his winnings include purchasing a new Ford truck and sharing the wealth with his friends and family.

“The truth is, I’ll be taking care of my family and treating a few friends, because they deserve it,” Beason said. ““When you can help out your family, which I couldn’t before but now I can, that’s damn good.”

Beason’s granddaughter purchased the winning Set for Life ticket at the Topsail Road Orange Store in St. John’s, N.L. The seller will receive a one per cent seller’s prize.

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Media contact:
Lindsay Meekins
Atlantic Lottery Public Relations Strategist
506.431.6466
lindsay.meekins@alc.ca

BACKGROUNDER: Set for Life Scratch’N Win Ticket

• Set for Life is a $4 Scratch’N Win ticket which has two options for the top prize - $1,000 a week for 25 years or a lump sum of $675,000.
  
  
• This was the fifth top prize claimed in the 4091 series of the game, launched on April 24, 2024.
  
  
• Two top prizes remain in the 4091 series.