A group of 27 people, most from Timmins, are splitting a lottery win.
The group won the $1-million Lotto 6/49 encore in the Aug. 6, 2022, draw. The ticket was bought at the Canadian Tire Gas Bar on Waterloo Road in Timmins.
Sylvie Bureau of Timmins is the group leader and says the friends have been playing the lottery together for a decade.
"We play LOTTO MAX and LOTTO 6/49 twice a week," she shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto. "I checked the ticket and thought we won $1,000 and was very happy. I kept looking at the number and realized there were way more zeroes than usual. I woke up my husband so he could check too, and he couldn't believe his eyes!"
She laughed that she had to Google how many zeroes are in one million.
"My husband and I started calling all the group members at 5 a.m. — it was one of my favourite phone calls ever," she said in the news release.
With her share of the winnings, she plans to pay of bills, do some home renovations and throw a party to celebrate.
"We will order a cake with a 6/49 sign as a memory," she said.
The other members of the group are:
- Alain Desrosiers of Timmins
- Anita Constantin of Val Caron
- Annette Madore of Timmins
- Bradley Augustin of Sudbury
- Carole Bushey of Timmins
- Chantal Desrosiers of Timmins
- Danny Deschatelets of Timmins
- Darrin White of South Porcupine
- Denis Gilbert of Connaught
- Duane Lowe of Mile House, BC
- Eric Warnes of South Porcupine
- Kayla Bureau of Timmins
- Kristopher Cecconi of Timmins
- Laurent Madore of Timmins
- Marc Landry of Val Caron
- Mario Tambeau of Timmins
- Mary Bureau of Sudbury
- Nancy Calderwood of Timmins
- Natasha Bureau of Timmins
- Patricia Mann of Timmins
- Rachelle Labelle of Connaught
- Rachelle Vaillancourt of Timmins
- Robert Parta of Schumacher
- Shannon Saindon of Timmins
- Steve Bureau of Timmins
- Yves Pilon of Timmins
