Ford Announces Latest Economic Recovery Plan Of Giving Free Scratch Tickets To Poor People

Queen’s Park - After yesterday’s announcement that the Ontario government would be scrapping license registration fees, saving residents an average of $0.33 a day, Premier Ford has announced his latest endeavour to save the people of Ontario money.

“Folks, I am pleased to announce my government will be going door-to-door in some of the worst neighbourhoods to hand out free OLG scratch tickets,” the Premier announced at a press conference in South Oshawa, “It’s time we start putting money back into the pockets of 1 in 10 lucky Ontarians.”

Members of the Ford government will be giving out Scrabble, bingo and crossword scratch tickets to anyone making $32,000 or less a year (the current minimum wage).

Residents that play will have a chance to win up to $50,000 in prize money, which is almost half the amount they would need to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto for a year. Ford encouraged anyone who wins between $3-$20 to use that money to buy even more scratch tickets, increasing your chances of winning that grand prize.

Ford noted the tickets would be the $3 versions only and not the premium $5, $10 or $20 tickets, stating that if people won a jackpot off those tickets they could afford a house in Nova Scotia and escape this province.