Canada's newest Lotto Max winners are a group of coworkers who won $20 million with a shared ticket.
Even after finding out they had become millionaires, these colleagues still went to work!
It was just announced that a group of 15 coworkers at a car dealership in Trois-Rivières, about two hours northeast of Montreal, won the $20 million jackpot in the Lotto Max draw on June 3.
With the jackpot split between the group, each of them gets $1,333,333!
The winning ticket was purchased at Marché Express on Rue de la Diversité in Les Chenaux, a municipality just east of Trois-Rivières.
The Lotto Max winning numbers for June 3 were 6, 29, 39, 40, 42, 44 and 48.
Christian Dessureault usually buys the ticket shares for the group.
He was also the first to find out that they won $20 million because he checked the results of the June 3 draw on his phone at 6 a.m.
Then, Dessureault contacted his colleagues.
Isabelle Rochon found out about the win when she checked her messages, and there was one from Dessureault that said, "Have your tickets validated, you'll be happy... We're millionaires!"
Jessie Lacombe-Charette saw Dessureault's message while getting ready in the morning.
Even though they had just become millionaires, they still went to work that day.
"You could feel the excitement at work," said Veronique Leclerc, one of the winners.
There was a group hug in front of the car dealership when they all got to work.
"Everyone was jumping into each other's arms," said Lacombe-Charette.
Group of coworkers who won Lotto Max together.Loto-Québec
Nicolas Déziel, the youngest of the group, is now a millionaire in his early 20s.
"It's a feeling I didn't think I'd experience anytime soon," Déziel said.
Many in the group have plans for their jackpot win, and a few have already started making life changes now that they're millionaires.
Dessureault said "Bye-bye, boss" and retired earlier than he had intended to. He's going to take road trips in his RV.
Rochon wants to buy a house, and Déziel wants to buy a new van because his is 30 years old, which is older than he is.
Lacombe-Charette was looking to buy a used fridge before the group won this Lotto Max jackpot. Now, she's going to buy a cottage instead.
Some of the other winners plan to make investments, do renovations, and travel.
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