(Left photo) Patricia Beckett (centre) and her boyfriend Joel Wells claim her Ford F-150 pickup truck from Brentwood Recovery Home executive director Elizabeth Dulmage (left).

Winners of the recent Brentwood Lottery draw were at the recovery home last week to collect their prizes.

While most big winners were from outside of Amherstburg, the recovery home helps people from around the region. Prizes winners included Patricia Beckett of Windsor winning the Ford F-150, Cynthia Turner of Windsor winning $139,357 in the 50/50 draw and Dena Peifer of Windsor winning the house, though she accepted the $780,000 cash prize instead.

Those three winners were at Brentwood last Wednesday afternoon.

“This was our most successful year for gross sales and ticket sales,” said Ken Courtenay, Brentwood

Board Chair.

Courtenay said the Brentwood Lottery is what helps keep the recovery home going and helps put on the programming it does for those who need it.

Brentwood executive director

Elizabeth Dulmage thanked the businesses and volunteers from all across Windsor-Essex County for their assistance. She pointed out that, in addition to the prize donors, many businesses acted as vendors for tickets. She also thanked Lakepoint Homes for the home.

“We couldn’t do it without all of those who bought tickets,” Dulmage added. “There aren’t enough words to express our gratitude.”

Peifer said “I’m still in shock” and admitted she was nervous as she drove to the recovery home to claim her prize. Her first reaction was “I can get a new home” but now has decided to do some travelling and renovate her home.

Peifer believes she was guided by her late brother Brett, who passed away from congestive heart failure. She was on her way to the gym one day, she decided to buy a ticket on her way home. When she overshot the driveway, she originally thought about getting a ticket the next day but felt a strong urging to turn around and go back.

When she got the call that she won, Peifer said she missed it and when she first heard the message, she thought it was a scam. When she had company over and they listened to the message together, then she realized it was the real thing.

“There was a lot of screaming, hollering and jumping up and down,” said Peifer.

Beckett said she didn’t recognize the number when she got a message with the Caesars Windsor employee later realizing she had one. It was the second big win for her and her boyfriend Joel Wells in the last six months, as they won $100,000 in an Encore draw last July.

“We were afraid to tell people that we had won the truck too,” she said. “We didn’t think we would be so lucky this close together.”

Beckett told the media in attendance that she has been purchasing Brentwood Lottery tickets for over 20 years and had never even won a free ticket before.

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