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Weyburn man wins Vault Breaker lottery prize

A Vault Breaker jackpot prize was awarded by the Saskatchewan VLT program to Dale Schmidt of Weyburn, who won $801,657.74 on Sept. 29.
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Dale Schmidt of Weyburn was a big winner in the Vault Breaker prize on Sept. 29, taking home over $801,000.

WEYBURN – The Western Canada Lottery Corporation announced a Vault Breaker jackpot prize awarded by the Saskatchewan VLT program to Dale Schmidt of Weyburn, who won $801,657.74 after winning the grand jackpot on Vault Breaker at Detour Bar & Grill in Weyburn on Sept. 29.

“What a blur!” said Schmidt while claiming his prize. “I couldn’t believe it – even the next day, it was still completely unbelievable.”

Schmidt said the best part about this win is the financial freedom he’s about to have.

“My wife and I have always said, ‘We just want to be mortgage-free,’” he said. “This will probably help with that.”

The winner said after paying off his mortgage, he also hopes to share some of his windfall with his children. Vault Breaker is a wide-area progressive that links 4,200 VLTs located in approximately 570 sites in 270 communities 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.

Any of the three jackpot tiers can be awarded when a patron plays Vault Breaker.

The province-wide jackpot has awarded $34,156,591.62 to 36 winners since June 2017. Vault Breaker’s province-wide grand jackpot has now been reset to $500,000.

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