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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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2 H% u: \/ J3 l) C; w5 c( oAndrea, 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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It 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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/ h# }0 b1 d! L- F/ ]' | x1 I |“We carried on with life, day to day, normal people,” Andrea said.
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, L9 ]/ u2 u5 j8 { C8 O“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.. C8 L! n: T/ |. R. u- o
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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.
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% U1 G) O2 Z, U- F- k2 E“She was more excited than I was at the time. I was in disbelief.” J; i) c0 E/ F. ?9 E& N j# F
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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.+ V) n% p% Y2 [ p, X& \- p! h
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The couple has kept on buying tickets since picking the winner.& J" `/ ~; {, |9 m& n
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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.. x/ l% y, E# B) |! D9 E, G# z
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“It’s more money than what one could ever dream of having,” Andrea said.
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& U# `* h# a2 u+ _- Z# S5 r“We don’t want to rush into anything.”
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1 ~2 c, n, E7 x4 O0 ZShe did suggest, however, that it might finally be time to take a honeymoon.
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% V1 A# Q2 d2 R9 o! R“We’ve been married 25 years and we haven’t been on a honeymoon yet,” she said.' ^1 s4 V2 m9 f' L6 U; E
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Their winning numbers were 2, 13, 18, 24, 27, 37 and 43. |
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