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A Fort Saskatchewan couple claimed a $50 million jackpot Tuesday after buying the winning ticket last December.
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& A6 m/ O9 e2 ]6 E0 SAndrea, 47, and Bill Groner, 54, finally came forward a month after the Western Canada Lottery Corporation called on lottery players to check their old tickets.
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0 Z; \ f; D( g2 q( KIt turns out the couple knew they had a winner the whole time but made a conscious decision not to wait seven months before claiming the enormous prize.
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“We carried on with life, day to day, normal people,” Andrea said.
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“We chose not to discuss with people until we knew where we had to be and what we had to do and just get our life in order.”
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Andrea bought the Lotto Max quick-pick ticket at Shefield Express in Londonderry Mall on Dec. 20, making the prize the biggest ever won by a ticket sold in Edmonton and the second biggest in Alberta.$ B/ q5 Z1 k4 X( ?) C c# l
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“When I checked the ticket, the first thing I should have had was my glasses, because I didn’t have those with me,” she said. “I had to get the retail clerk there to tell me what was said on the self-scanner.6 [6 e& H- z" B) V- @% ]
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“She was more excited than I was at the time. I was in disbelief.”
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Bill had recently retired from his job as a heavy equipment operator, while Andrea is still working as a project co-ordinator at an electrical firm and was planning to retire in December./ x9 a4 h& r2 L( l6 X. S9 _
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The couple has kept on buying tickets since picking the winner.
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Andrea and Bill both say they don’t have immediate plans for spending the money, and that they hope to maintain their “normal” day to day lives.( j1 Y" r& q& R+ {% J
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“It’s more money than what one could ever dream of having,” Andrea said.( R' I& F$ Q0 Y' O, s4 E' b! b
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“We don’t want to rush into anything.”: b/ l/ S$ o) Z5 b0 R% e8 T
J: w) v9 B# j/ v0 F5 l8 J/ {) JShe did suggest, however, that it might finally be time to take a honeymoon.: k; K3 D0 l0 ^0 D4 S1 |
" Z- x A& G; I; N& `+ _0 J3 q; ?“We’ve been married 25 years and we haven’t been on a honeymoon yet,” she said.% P6 t" p0 d! d; W" u, e4 c" s
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Their winning numbers were 2, 13, 18, 24, 27, 37 and 43. |
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