Lotto winner plans to pay off house, share windfall with daughters

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Calgary has yet one more millionaire amongst its ranks.

A Lotto 6/49 participant from town picked up a cheque for $1 million after successful a draw on Oct. 18, 2023, the Western Canada Lottery Corp. introduced Tuesday.

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Edouardo Santos of Calgary realized of the windfall when he checked some lottery tickets whereas out for errands forward of a world journey.

“I scanned this ticket and noticed so many zeroes,” he mentioned in a press release issued by WCLC. “I needed to verify the ticket just a few occasions to verify I counted correctly.”

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He saved his cool regardless of successful a cool $1 million, he mentioned.

“I put it collectively and obtained actually quiet — I wished to go house and inform my spouse,” Santos added.

His household plans to make use of among the jackpot to repay their home and share a part of the winnings with their daughters, he mentioned.

“It takes us a step nearer to retirement, too,” he added. “It’s an enormous blessing!”

Santos picked up his ticket from a 7-Eleven outlet at 815-2335 162nd Avenue S.W. The win was from a Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball Draw, a white ball with the quantity 36921325-01.

Extra lottery winners in Calgary and Alberta

Earlier this week, WCLC introduced a grandmother from Calgary has additionally turn out to be a millionaire.

A Lotto 6/49 participant since 1991, Luciana Luistro’s ticket received $1 million on the Dec. 16 draw.

And for those who’re holding onto a Lotto 6/49 ticket from March 2023, you could be sitting on a $1-million prize.

A ticket bought someplace in Alberta — outdoors of Calgary and Edmonton — received $1,000,000 on the March 8, 2023, Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball draw.

The winner or winners have one yr to say their prize, and that point is ticking away.

The successful quantity on that draw was 29731883-01.

In the meantime, the Jan. 16, 2024, Lotto Max draw had one successful ticket offered in Alberta for the $70-million jackpot, plus a Calgary winner for one of many subsidiary prizes.

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