A visit to the Kipling Motor Inn proved to be a very fruitful decision for a Manitoba resident.
The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) recently announced a Vault Breaker jackpot prize awarded by the Saskatchewan VLT program. Bob Heintz of Newton, Man., was awarded $1,075,213.58 after winning the grand jackpot on Vault Breaker at Kipling Motor Inn.
鈥淚 saw the Vault Breaker come up, and I thought it was $1,000,鈥� he remembered. 鈥淎 woman behind me said I had won a million dollars, but I said, 鈥楴o, I won $1,000.鈥�
鈥淚 stayed pretty calm when it was verified,鈥� he added. 鈥淚t hasn鈥檛 really kicked in yet.鈥�
Heintz said he plans to put his windfall toward his retirement, as well as helping out his children and grandchildren.
Vault Breaker is a wide-area progressive that links 4,200 VLT machines 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 $11,494,797.39 to 13 winners since June 2017. Vault Breaker鈥檚 province-wide grand jackpot has now been reset to $500,000.
