Toonie Winner Just in Time for Christmas
Gertie Canning picked a fine time to win the Toonie Draw in Pugwash. Her number, 449, was drawn tonight in the Pugwash Fire Department (PFD) 50/50 draw.
Just in time for Christmas shopping, Gertie happily accepted the $662 prize.
Next week’s prize gets a head start with $171 already in the pot thanks to the 171 players who pay in advance.
Prepay is an option to avoid forgetting to enter the weekly draw. While the numbers are drawn at random from all the numbers issued, you cannot win if you don’t enter a toonie.
Most people visit a Toonie Draw outlet each week to stick their number on a toonie for deposit in the draw box. Some people forget and risk their number being drawn when they have not entered a toonie. When that happens the prize money is carried over to the next week, sometimes building the jackpot over a thousand dollars.
Details on how to prepay are available at the PFD Toonie Draw retail outlets.