winner stories

Jack Canter

Game Name: BREAK THE BANK
Purchased City: Indianapolis
Date Won: 11/22/2011
Amount Won: $200,000

Indy man wins cash, keeps perspective

76-year-old Jack Canter says he doesn’t need very much.  But that’s not stopping him from relishing a $200,000 win from the Hoosier Lottery or from buying his wife a new Chrysler with his winnings. After a run of bad health and bad luck, the retired truck driver and Korean War veteran is taking the win in stride. “It’s just money.  A few years ago I had an accident and they said I wouldn’t live, or if I did, I wouldn’t walk or talk,” said Canter. “Here I am.”  Read more of Jack's story here.