Success!: Woman wins more than $1M on VLT in Swift Current

It’s a Saskatchewan Success story.

Rebecca Tyberg, a resident of the village of Success, won the grand jackpot of $1,071,735.47 on the Vault Breaker VLT at Springs Garden Restaurant and Lounge in Swift Current on Nov. 27.

Success is about 35 kilometres northwest of Swift Current.

In a media release issued Monday by the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, Tyberg said she was shocked when the five Vault Breaker icons appeared on her screen.

“Honestly, I didn’t know what was going on at first,” she said. “Then someone told me I was a millionaire; I couldn’t believe it!”

Asked what she planned to do with her winnings, Tyberg referred to the 1992 song ‘If I Had $1000000’ by the Barenaked Ladies.

“I would like to get a fur coat, but not a real fur coat — that’s cruel,” she said. “And a nice, reliant automobile!”

Vault Breaker links 4,200 VLTs located in about 570 sites in 270 communities across the province.

According to the corporation, there are three jackpot tiers: The provincewide grand jackpot has a minimum value of $500,000 and pays out before it hits $1.5 million; the regional major jackpot has a minimum value of $5,000 and pays out before it hits $25,000; and, the local site jackpot minimum is $100 and pays out before hitting $500.

Any of the three jackpot tiers can be awarded.

The provincewide jackpot has awarded more than $17.7 million to 18 winners since June of 2017. The grand jackpot has been reset to $500,000.