Big Lotto Max win gives Hamilton retiree ‘added comfort’
Published June 8, 2023 at 2:36 pm
John Hamilton was puzzled when the lotto machine shut down so he tried to help the cashier.
It was because he won a Lotto Max second prize worth $232,634.80 in the May 19 draw.
He went home and shared the news with his family. “They were excited for me, but they kept pretty quiet about it,” he said in a press release revealing the winner today (June 8).
With the windfall, the 72-year-old retiree has his sights set on travelling the world and helping his two children.
“I’d like to take a cruise with my wife – maybe to Iceland or Scandinavia,” he said. “It feels really nice to have this added comfort.”
He said he’s a devoted player of Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49. “I play every draw,” he said when he picked up his cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.
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He purchased his winning ticket at Pioneer Snack Express on Upper Paradise Road in Hamilton.
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