Jerry Kanady was driving with his wife, Nancy, in June of 2009. That's when she urgently had to stop to buy a Coke. So, he pulled into a gas station. While there, he purchased three of Weekly Bonus instant scratch lotto tickets. Weekly Bonus is a $1 scratch-off game from Texas Lottery that offers a top prize of $500 per week for twenty years. Anyway, he won $10 on one ticket and nothing on the other two.
At least Jerry Kanady won $10. So he decided to buy some more Weekly Bonus tickets. And, that's when he won the top prize. He won $500 per week for twenty years. And all thanks to Nancy needing a Coke!
Jerry's wife, Nancy, had just survived a bout of cancer and Jerry was having health issues, himself. So, he had just recently taken an early retirement from his job with the city of Abilene, Texas. He had to take a penalty for early retirement and, because of that, there were financial issues. The $500 per week lottery win suddenly changed all of that for him and he and his family will be able to live comfortably now.
When asked what they planned to do with the money, they said that they didn't plan to do anything crazy; they would probably just buy a house.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Jerry Kanady Wins $500 Per Week Weekly Bonus
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tino Sundin
Posted by: Tino Sundin
Updated at: Friday, July 24, 2009
