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A Fort Saskatchewan couple claimed a $50 million jackpot Tuesday after buying the winning ticket last December.7 f& {$ g' e- D* n( L
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Andrea, 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." j* @/ Y* ~3 s0 N: U0 p! W; T8 D
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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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“We carried on with life, day to day, normal people,” Andrea said.: U( H& B$ }0 B: z' I+ M5 ?
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“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.' z W' m, _) y$ j: b
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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.. n) t: B) ]8 x% {; T
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“She was more excited than I was at the time. I was in disbelief.”+ T% z- B4 {* e+ }% Y
+ W. g ~6 K8 N5 l% T1 M @; YBill 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.; Y1 U, w. G9 l6 `) v" s: s% Q
4 I9 }( v3 T( l9 x7 aThe couple has kept on buying tickets since picking the winner.
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* H( b5 V1 C9 I% }1 [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.# a4 D* H8 R5 `' X8 j) S1 o
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“It’s more money than what one could ever dream of having,” Andrea said.
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“We don’t want to rush into anything.”
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She did suggest, however, that it might finally be time to take a honeymoon.
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“We’ve been married 25 years and we haven’t been on a honeymoon yet,” she said.2 O& a* @5 h7 l
4 e( d) O" p# B" DTheir winning numbers were 2, 13, 18, 24, 27, 37 and 43. |
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