6/49: the new millionaire from Quebec City

A Quebec man who played the same numbers for 35 years won $ 2.33 million in Lotto 6/49

A Quebec septuagenarian is the happy holder of the 6/49 winning $ 2.33 million ticket.
The perseverance of Gilles Rodrigue, a player now 70 years old, has borne fruit.
While playing the same combination since the 6/49 draw in 1982, the man ended up winning $ 2,33 million some 35 years later.

Pleasant discovery
He learned the happy news by watching the winning numbers on television on Sunday morning.
“No need to tell you that I shed a few tears of joy by realizing that I was winning $ 2,333,333!” Said the lucky one to Loto-Québec.
“This morning (Monday), when I read in Le Journal de Québec that there was one of the three winners in Quebec, it made me very funny to know that it was me,” he said. -he adds.
Mr. Rodrigue has no specific projects at this time. He did not want to go to the media, perhaps to avoid the enormous solicitation that often comes with fortune. Loto-Québec simply provided a picture of the new millionaire.
The winning ticket was purchased at the Eko service station on Route 138 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The seller pocketed 1% of the winnings.
The winner shares a total of $ 7 million with two other Canadians as a ticket with the correct numbers was also purchased in Ontario and British Columbia.

Mountain peak
The year 2016 marked a record since the creation of Loto-Québec with 104 lots of $ 1 million and more claimed in Quebec.
On February 13, a lot of 60 million was won at the Lotto Max by a couple from Saguenay, who chose to share it with 11 relatives.