The chase for the ace is up.
The Lloyd Ex’s Chase the Ace has a new winner of nearly $70,000.
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Elwyn Jones has taken home the prize of $69,603 after the ace of hearts was found on Jan. 21.
“First time I ever won money like this,” he said.
Jones was joined by his wife Shirley at the Lloyd Ex Jan. 27 and she informed reporters that he was sitting in his chair at home when the news came.
The phone call informing Jones that he had won, was almost missed.
“It’s funny, I seen it, but it was a different number and you do get different numbers now, so I just about didn’t answer it,” he explained.
He says he doesn’t buy tickets every week but if they’re in the area they will.
“Not every week, but we have bought, if we’re up here, we do come for lunch once in awhile,” said Jones.
It was the day of the draw when he picked up a ticket after seeing a post about the draw on Facebook.
“I bought a ticket at noon and won it by supper time,” he said.
Jones says he plans to spread around the wealth.
“It’ll definitely come in handy, and I plan on kind of spreading it around a little bit in my area,” he said. “There’s different places I can donate some to.”
The funds raised from this raffle will be going toward the new grandstand.
“The funds are going to go toward building a new grandstand,” said Stacey Cadzow, finance manager.
The Ex hopes to see their next Chase the Ace start up by the end of April.
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