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A $250,000 coffee break for Breton resident

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An ordinary coffee break at work turned into a life-changing day for Shirley Tomczak. She won $250,000.

Tomczak decided to pick up a few tickets including a $10 Crossword Supreme Scratch ’N Win at Breton Esso before heading to work.

“While I was scratching, I thought to myself, ‘Gee, I think I already have seven to eight words,’” Tomczak explained. “I thought, ‘It couldn’t be, I’ve won $10,000!’”

She checked the ticket at a lottery retailer.

“When I looked up and saw $250,000 I was so excited, my blood pressure went up and I started to bawl,” she said. “I thought it must be wrong!”

After double-checking the ticket, Tomczak went back to work to spread the good news. The one person who didn’t hear about the windfall until she got home was her husband.

“Here my husband was cutting the grass and I’d won a quarter of a million dollars,” she laughed.

Tomczak plans to put the prize money toward her retirement.