A woman from British Columbia, Canada, is already planning to enjoy her retirement and travel as much as possible with the $ 500,000 prize (429,166 euros) who has won in the lottery.
Valerie Hath, a newly retired woman who lives in the city of Vernon, will enjoy her golden years with elegance thanks to a half million lottery award that took almost by chance.
Destiny wanted this retirement to win the extra 500,000 dollar prize belonging to the Lotto 6/49 of July 19 draw, as reported by the BC Lottery Corporation. All thanks to the fact that, one day he was shopping, he gave him to check his ticket on the scanner with all the luck that he was finally awarded.
“I thought the machine lied,” said the fortunate in the middle BCLC.
“I think I was shock!”
But the most surprising thing is that winning that prize was not easy. The chances of Valerie Hoath was the lucky one of the extra prize of 500,000 dollars were approximately $ 1,7 million.
First he shared the news with his children, who could not believe it either. His son’s first response was: “Not to mention!” They also stayed in shock and asked me if I was joking, explains the retiree.
Hoath said that with his prize he hopes with more anxious retired life and is considering a trip to Disneyland, Hawaii or Mexico.
“I’m in shock. It’s amazing,” he said about the blow of luck.
As the BCLC says, the inhabitants of British Columbia have earned 26 million dollars with the extra complement and up to 46 million with the Lotto 6/49 so far this year. A madness for the inhabitants of the westernmost province of Canada.