
From luggage to a BIG win! From luggage to a BIG win!
Nancy Banavage of Scarborough talks about her Winter 2025 Heart & Stroke Lottery Early Bird Bonus Prize win: $100,000
Nancy Banavage of Scarborough talks about her Winter 2025 Heart & Stroke Lottery Early Bird Bonus Prize win: $100,000
Winter 2025 – Early Bird Bonus Prize - $100,000 Nancy Banavage, Scarborough
Twenty years ago, Nancy won a luggage set in the Heart & Stroke Lottery, something that left her thrilled: “I don’t usually have good luck!” - until now.
Was the email for real?
“Initially, they couldn’t get in touch because we’d changed our phone number. They sent me an email instead, and that’s how I heard of the win. I called my husband Charlie and pointed to the computer screen. He looked at me with wide eyes and said: “Did you win the lottery?”
We were flabbergasted. I sent the email to my son, asking if it was legit. He said: “Looks like it!” Nancy adds: “I still couldn’t believe it until I saw the money in my bank account.”
Let the adventure begin!
After gifting some of their winnings to their two adult children, she says: “I would love to take a train trip through the Canadian Rockies…maybe with the luggage I won twenty years ago!”
Lottery Past Winners

The news took my breath away!
— Monica Must, North York

It’s a good cause…but you can’t win if you don’t buy a ticket!
— Murray Shaw, Markdale

Even if I don’t win, it doesn’t matter – It’s an investment in saving lives.
— Donna Lozecki, Hamilton