Saskatchewan lottery winner nets 2nd-largest windfall in province’s history
Matthew Poppel purchased three tickets at Pinnacle Gas & Food – Faithfull, located at 209A – 2750 Faithfull Ave. in Saskatoon and checked them following a“The first one didn’t win anything, the second one won a free play and the last one said 55 followed by a bunch of zeroes,” he said in a press release on Wednesday.“I did not expect that to be something that happened to me.
Poppel said he knows his family will be set up financially but added he’s going to take some time deciding what to do with his winnings.“But now I think it’s a good idea. I can buy it, so why not?”The winning ticket exactly matched the seven main draw numbers on the Oct. 19 draw: 12, 26, 28, 32, 41, 43 and 50.
Sask Lotteries said this is the second-largest jackpot won in the province’s history after a $60-million Lotto Max prize going to a Neville resident in August 2016.Perdue man is lucky to be alive after an accident working on his truck© 2021 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
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