WEYBURN – The Western Canada Lottery Corporation announced a Vault Breaker jackpot prize awarded by the Saskatchewan VLT program to Dale Schmidt of Weyburn, who won $801,657.74 after winning the grand jackpot on Vault Breaker at Detour Bar & Grill in Weyburn on Sept. 29.
“What a blur!” said Schmidt while claiming his prize. “I couldn’t believe it – even the next day, it was still completely unbelievable.”
Schmidt said the best part about this win is the financial freedom he’s about to have.
“My wife and I have always said, ‘We just want to be mortgage-free,’” he said. “This will probably help with that.”
The winner said after paying off his mortgage, he also hopes to share some of his windfall with his children. Vault Breaker is a wide-area progressive that links 4,200 VLTs located in approximately 570 sites in 270 communities 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 $34,156,591.62 to 36 winners since June 2017. Vault Breaker’s province-wide grand jackpot has now been reset to $500,000.
