Lucky Waterloo grandmother won $300k scratch lottery prize

A Waterloo grandmother says her recent $300,000 scratch ticket win still “doesn’t feel real.” Barbara Beacock, 67, bought and played the winning Instant Jumbo Cash ticket at her favorite store, Lincoln Variety on Weber Street.

It was among several she purchased that day. “I won $30, $30 again, and then $300,000! I thought, ‘That can’t be right,’” Beacock said in a release from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG).

“I was shaking and crying. The owner of the store came out from behind the counter and we hugged and cried together.”

“I never thought I’d win. It was one of the happiest days of my life,” she said.