Dorset resident Alexander Wright said he feels "fantastic" after winning half a million dollars in the lottery.

The retired marketing executive won the money in Instant Gold Tripler, purchased at Robinson's General Store in Dorset.

"Everyone around me at the store was so excited," Wright said at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.

Back in 2008, Wright won $25,000 in Instant Crossword.

He has been playing the lottery for 20 years and plans to donate some of the money to charity and use the rest to buy a house for himself.