MaxMillion prize makes wonderful gift for a Coquitlam resident

Just a couple of days before his 4st birthday, Saher Sada, a resident of Coquitlam, discovered that he won a $1 million dollar jackpot.

Sada had the biggest surprise of his life when he checked the Lotto Max results that day. He was one of the two winners from British Columbia to win a jackpot on the December 30 draw. The third win went to Victoria.

"My birthday is on New Year's day so this is a very nice present to get.  I couldn't believe my eyes. You believe it, but you don't," said Sada about his windfall.

Sada had waited to inform his wife of the good news until attending a New Year’s party.

"She thought that I had celebrated a little too hard at the party and I was joking. She believed me after we checked the ticket for the third time," Sada narrated about the reaction of his wife.

In so far as the couple’s plan for their windfall, they said they would purchase a new house.

Sada said that this has been the best birthday present he has received.

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Couple from Ontario plans to claim $50 million lottery win

A lucky couple from Hawkesbury, Ontario, located just east of Ottawa, tells that they plan to go to Toronto on Tuesday to claim their $50 million Lotto Max prize.

Jo Ann Champagne, age 49, told that she and her husband Gaetan, age 51, picked up the lucky winning ticket at a pharmacy while shopping for Boxer Day sales. Jo Ann said that she they picked up the ticket so she could “put away stuff for next year and save some money.”

The couple has been playing the lottery for 20 years now with no much luck.

Jo Ann said that the windfall is like a dream.

"I had to stop at the corner store on the way into Hawkesbury and I put the ticket in the checker, like I do every Saturday when I buy my 6/49 and I check my Max. So I put it in and it says 50, 000,” she said.

"I'm going, 'Good, now I get rid of that ugly bathroom and new cupboards in my kitchen.'"

Jo Ann said she and her husband had missed some zeroes on their first reading. They did not know that they won $50 million at first.

"It's like living a dream. You just hope nobody wakes you up," added Jo Ann.

She and her husband managed a convenience store in Hawkesbury called Jo’s Depanneur for 12 years before they decided to sell it. They now manage a hobby shop that sells hockey cards and jerseys.

Lotto officials have confirmed that there was indeed a winning ticket validated by a couple in the Ottawa Region.

Lottery officials at OLG said, however, that they would only reveal where the ticket was bought or any information on the lottery winners until the ticket is confirmed.

The couple is expected to claim their prize later this week, told OLG spokesman Tony Bitonti.

Jo Ann said they plan to claim the prize on Wednesday morning.

The couple defied the odds of one in 28,633,528 to win the jackpot prize in Lotto Max.

There were also four tickets from the December 30 draw that won a $1 million Maxmillions prizes. One was purchased in Toronto and the others were sold in Western Canada.

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Richmond resident sits on a million dollar Lotto Max ticket

Worried about holiday debt? A lucky Richmond resident does not have to worry about it as he or she is sitting on a Lotto Max ticket worth $1 million.

A Lotto Max ticket purchased in Richmond won a cool $1 million for the December 23 Lotto Max draw.

The grand prize on the draw was $50 million, but no lottery player in Canada matched all seven numbers to win the life-changing jackpot prize, which remains intact for the December 30 draw.

Of the two MaxMillions numbers draw, however, only one had a winner, and that was in Richmond!

The lucky lottery player has no chance to turn in the million-dollar ticket as the Vancouver and Kamloops head offices of the B.C. Lottery Corporation is closed until today.

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B.C. resident gets $500, 000 Yuletide miracle

Bonnie Marchand of British Columbia had a Yuletide miracle when she won $500,000 on the lottery.  This retired mother of two is worried about what gifts she would give to her family as Christmas is fast approaching until she won that prize.

Bonnie usually depends on her sewing skills for gifts, but her rickety machine was already broken.

She purchased a Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $5 at Zoo Ice Cream Parlour in downtown Kamloops. Although she did not win the Lotto 6/49 jackpot, she took home a staggering amount for a consolation prize.

Bonnie was lucky to match all four numbers on the Extra, which gave her that amount.

“It was a relief.  My main concern was I needed a new machine,” she said.

A new machine was the first item she bought after she cashed her half-million dollar check.

She said she has been playing the Extra after her uncle matched four numbers in 1996. She did not expect, though, that the day will come when she would match four numbers too.

The 59-year-old woman said she has no major plans for her windfall yet. Bonnie, however, purchased a new truck for each of her two grown sons, while the rest of her money was banked.

Some friends keep asking Bonnie if she is interested to purchase a new fancy home, but she said she is not interested.

“I don’t think so because I’m by myself and I’m comfortable in this building I’m in,” she narrated.

At the day she purchased a ticket, she had been contemplating whether to purchase a loaf of bread or the lottery ticket. She said purchasing a ticket was a good choice that day.

This holiday season might be the best time of the year for B.C. residents to try their luck and purchase a ticket as last Christmas, a pair of residents won a Lotto 6/49 jackpot and a $500,000 Extra prize.

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Extra buck goes a long way for Oshawa resident wins $1 million by playing Encore

Nancy Kuzenko of Oshawa recently took home a staggering $1 million playing Encore in the November 25 Lotto Max draw.

Kuzenko said: “I checked the numbers in the newspaper, online and on the self-checker at the retailer. It was unexpected. I’m so happy.”

Kuzenko, a mother of three and grandmother of two, has been playing the lottery regularly for the past five years. This has been the biggest lottery win for her to date.

This 53-year old woman is a self-employed bookkeeper. She has been contemplating about her early retirement.

She purchased her winning ticket at Scotts IDA Drug Mart on Simcoe Street in Oshawa.

Oshawa has produced lottery winners recently, with the most remarkable being Don and Linda Ingram who won a staggering $50 million in the November 18 Lotto Max draw. Two other players from the area recently won $100,000 playing different lottery games.

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‘Nobody deserves this more,’ boss of Lotto Max jackpot winners says

Many lottery jackpot winners head off to the nearest mall or a car dealership or realtor once they knew they won.

This is not the case for Linda and Don Ingram, the winners of the recent $50-million Lotto Max jackpot. What the couple did was to go to Wally’s World, the old fashioned restaurant in Oshawa where they worked for almost 15 years. Don and Linda settled into a booth and give their co-workers a big hug and ordered pop.

Linda said: “Where else would we go ... this is where all our friends are.” Her husband Don nodded in approval.

Linda added that they would not be working that day because they were still recovering from flu.

Wally Elawar, the owner of the restaurant, said that the couple is just like that.

“I’ve known them for years and years and nobody deserves this more than these two.  They are simple, down-to-earth and good people,” he said.

Linda,age 59, and Don, age 53, have never owned a house and they have been struggling to pay their electric bills because of Don’s health issues.

The big windfall changed everything.

Linda has been consistent for the past ten years to purchase lottery tickets from the same convenience store near their apartment building. The day before the draw, she purchased four Lotto Max tickets. The day after the draw, Linda went to the same store to check the Lotto Max winning numbers if she had won anything. She and her husband have only won free tickets in the past.

The clerk at the store checked her tickets, and then the screen froze. Linda thought that it only happens if there is a big win. After 20 minutes, someone from Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation called.

That was how Linda discovered that she won $50 million. Linda said she almost passed out when she knew she won the jackpot. She went screaming, jumping up and down at the convenience store and racing home towards their home to tell the news to her husband.

Don said that he did not believe his wife first. He told his wife to prove that they really won the jackpot.

When his wife finally convinced Don, they just lay down on the bed, hold each other’s hand and giggled.

“It’s such a big chunk of money.  What are you supposed to do with it?” Don added.

What the Ingrams wanted right now is to make their kids and grandkids to be happy. The couple has a son and daughter who live in Oshawa.

Don and Linda want to purchase a nice house with a pool and a big shed. They said they might purchase one in Brampton because Don likes that community.

“We just don’t want to pay rent any longer and live a comfortable life.  “We have dreamed of owning our house for a very long time. For all the 36 years that we have been married,” said Linda.

But the plans of the couple will be executed later as both of them still plan to work at Wally’s World.

Linda said to their co-workers that they are not quitting.

“We are absolutely coming back to work here ... at least for the next few months. As soon as this flu goes away,” she added.

Friday’s Lotto Max jackpot remains at $50 million, no lucky winner for 11-11-11 draw

The day 11-11-11 proved not to be a lucky day for Lotto Max player as nobody won the $50 million jackpot last Friday.

Although many players believed that the date is mystical and that it is a day of luck, the jackpot worth $50 million was not won by any player. In addition, the two MaxMillions prizes worth a million dollar each were not won.

When some lottery players were asked what they would do with the windfall when they won the Lotto Max jackpot, here are some of the responses:

A man at Yonge and Bloor told that he would probably go on vacation and travel the world. A woman, however, said that she would spend the money less on traditional purposes.

"I would probably not invest it in material things. I'd like to empower women. I'd do some sort of program or house for women," she said to an interview with 680News.

A certain Eddie at Yonge and Bloor prefers to purchase a bigger house for himself, a cottage and an Ashton Martin. He also plans to be responsible with his windfall.

"I'd try to obviously spend it wisely, I don't want to be one of those guys you hear about in the news that they blew their money in like a year and now they're broke," Eddie told.

Majority of people said that they would want to take care of their family first, but a man said he would not be able to make the life of his children luxurious.

"I will be a simple person always and my kids will always have the same allowance they have," told Ravi.

When the big question was asked whether you would stay at your job or not if you won the jackpot, a woman told that she would a copy of her winning ticket to work from a beach in Greece.

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