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Lotto winner from Mississauga shows her poker face after big payout [Video]

If Christine Ramsamooj has a poker face, it could be described as one that shows some amount of shock.

At least that was the case recently when the 64-year-old Mississauga woman won a total of $118,953.80 playing a Poker Lotto ticket. She decided to pay the extra $1 for an “all in” play and won the jackpot worth $113,953.80 on March 29. An additional $5,000 prize on the instant portion of her ticket upped her win total, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) officials said in a news release announcing the lotto win.

“I went to the store to purchase my regular tickets. When I asked the clerk for a Poker Lotto ‘all in’, I saw the poker hand and the prize amount on the screen. I was shocked,” Ramsamooj recalled while visiting the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up her winnings.

“While it was hard to believe, …

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