A young woman from Northern Ontario is rounding out her teen years with a $48 million lotto jackpot. It’s the first ticket she’s ever bought.
“I just turned 18 and my grandfather suggested I buy a lottery ticket for fun,” Juliette Lamour of Sault Ste. Marie told OLG officials at a celebration in her hometown.
The university student said she forgot about the ticket, which she had purchased at a Circle K on McNabb Street, until her work colleagues mentioned that the winning ticket for the Jan. 7 jackpot had been sold in Sault Ste. Marie. She said she was crying so much that her mother could barely understand her when she called her parents to share the good news.
Despite the big win, the teen said she still plans to pursue her dream of going to medical school and then coming back to practice in Northern Ontario.
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