On New Year’s Eve, Mark Parker of Kenora, ON was on the road to Winnipeg when his phone rang with some unexpected news. Just moments before, he and his travelling companions had been talking about the Holiday 50/50 draw and the large jackpots around the province, and then the call came.

His first reaction: “Oh for crying out loud.” Mark thought the jackpot had ended up around $44,000, “or something like that.” When it truly sank in that he was the winning ticket holder of the Holiday 50/50 draw and was taking home $51,880 – the largest Lake of the Woods District Hospital Foundation jackpot in four years, he said, “Oh you just made my year!”