How do I do it?’ He's like: ‘Oh, just go inside and get a QuickPick.’ ” I said: ‘Dad, Grandpa wants me to buy a ticket. “I got to the corner store and I’m in my car - and I didn't know how to buy it,” she laughed. Lamour stopped at the Circle K at Pine and McNabb. “And he said to me: ‘You just turned 18, go buy a lotto ticket, test your luck.’ So I did.” “ I called him on the phone asking what kind of ice cream he wanted,” she recalled. She was on her way to visit her grandfather - and bring him some ice cream - the day she made her life-changing purchase. Lamour recently turned 18, the legal age to buy lottery tickets in Ontario. “I didn’t believe it,” Lamour said, when asked about her initial reaction. The biggest - $64-million - was awarded in 2015. Lamour’s $48-million haul also ranks among the largest-ever 6/49 prizes. In fact, her winning ticket was the first she’d ever purchased. 7.Īt 18, the lifelong Sault resident is the youngest winner of such a huge jackpot. Marie is finally official: Juliette Lamour, an 18-year-old Algoma University student, is the mystery winner of one of the largest jackpots in Lotto 6/49 history.Īfter weeks of rumours, the lucky lady revealed herself this morning during a press conference at the Sault headquarters of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), where she stepped forward as the ticket holder for the $48-million Gold Ball draw held on Jan.
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