The J$173M Super Lotto Jackpot winner who purchased the winning ticket for Draw #436 (November 29, 2013) in Barbados, claimed his prize at the Barbados Lottery on January 15.
Mr. Vincent Haynes
received the equivalent of BD$3.29M or US$1.65M during a press conference held
at the Barbados Lottery office in Barbados. Mr. Haynes received his Cheque from
Denny Brewster – Site Manager for the Barbados Lottery, in the presence of
Sonia Davidson of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) and Junior Smith of the
Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission (BGLC).
The winning numbers, which were purchased through a Quick Pick bet, were:
05, 06, 19, 21, 31 and Super Ball 07 at a price of J$250 or BD$5. Quick Pick
bets are numbers randomly selected by the lottery system. Mr. Haynes purchased
his ticket at 3K’s located in the Super Centre at Holetown, in the parish of St. James
in Barbados.
Haynes who was born in Barbados works at the golf course of the Sandy
Lane Resort. He comes from a large family and had plans to retire soon, so the
winnings will come in handy for retirement income. He also has plans to build a
new house. Haynes said: “I never used to check my lottery tickets but would
leave them in the car and my wife would find them and check. For this one
though, I just had a feeling and decided to check the numbers online with my
son. I was so surprised to find that the numbers were the winning ones.”
Davidson who also spoke at the press conference said: “We at Supreme
Ventures, the lottery operator in Jamaica are very pleased that Mr. Haynes has
come forward to claim the prize. He has told us of his retirement plans and we
wish for him a long and fruitful retirement period.”
The total Super Lotto Jackpot prizes won to date is over J$2B since SVL
started selling Super Lotto tickets on August 25, 2009 for the
multi-jurisdictional game, which is the first game of its kind in the Caribbean
and Latin America. The participating territories are: the Dominican Republic,
Jamaica, Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis, Anguilla, Antigua, St. Maarten and
the US Virgin Islands.
The draw is conducted live in the Dominican Republic on Tuesdays and
Fridays, with a delayed broadcast in Jamaica at 8:30pm, simultaneously on
Television Jamaica and Irie FM.
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Super Lotto winner Vincent Haynes displays the cheque for the
Jamaican equivalent of $173M
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