Money grows on the treasure tree: Merritt flood victim wins big on scratch lottery ticket

The scratch ticket was purchased at the Walmart in Merritt

Jordy Cunningham
Jan 27, 2023 1:00 PM

31696041_web1_230202-KCN-merritt-lotto_1 — Merritt鈥檚 Cindy Petroczi won $125,000 dollars on a $10 Treasure Tree scratch and win ticket at the city鈥檚 local Walmart. (BCLC Media Relations/Contributed)

A Merritt woman is $125,000 richer.

鈥淚 decided to treat myself to a ticket and was at the store and thought, 鈥楬oly crap is this real?鈥欌€�

Cindy Petroczi asked herself after scratching a $10 Treasure Tree ticket she purchased at Walmart on Crawford Avenue and discovering she won the ticket鈥檚 jackpot.

She immediately called her husband after figuring out she won the big prize.

鈥淚 was in tears when I called him,鈥� said Petroczi. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 believe it. Then he asked if I needed an escort home.鈥�

Petroczi and her family were affected by the Merritt floods and said some of the money will go towards helping her family and replacing lost items as well as taking a vacation.

鈥淚鈥檓 so grateful and thankful!,鈥� said Petroczi. 鈥淭his will be so nice after losing things in the flood.鈥�

jordy.cunningham@kelownacapnews.com
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About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree

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