Donald Osudar of Red Deer won $100,000 after matching the last six digits of the EXTRA number on his ticket for the May 23 WESTERN 6/49 draw. (WCLC)

By rdnewsNOW staff

Lotto Winner

Red Deer man wins $100,000 in May lotto draw

Sep 3, 2020 | 10:05 AM

A Red Deer man is $100,000 richer after matching the last six digits of the EXTRA number on his ticket for the May 23 WESTERN 6/49 draw.

Officials with Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) say Donald Osudar missed a zero when he was checking the EXTRA on his WESTERN 6/49 ticket for the May 23 draw…but he was pretty happy anyway.

It was only after double checking that Osudar realized he was going to be taking home $100,000.

“I thought it was $10,000 at first,” he laughed when claiming his prize in August.

Osudar had matched the last six digits of the winning EXTRA number – 3305239 – to take home the game’s second-top prize. He picked up the winning ticket the day before the draw at Run’N on Empty at 5101 76 Street in Red Deer.

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Osudar opted to hold on to his winning ticket – even though he found out about his win the day after the draw back in May – to be able to make a prize claim in person.

All lottery prize offices were closed to the public earlier this year to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 for both winners and office staff, although prizes were still being processed by mail.

In the few months that passed between finding out about his win and claiming his prize, WCLC officials say Osudar gave some thought to what he’d do with his windfall.

He says he’s going to use the money to pay some bills and set some aside for his kids.