Long Wait Over After $1 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball Win

It’s taken her some time but finally a big win has come for Sharon Gallup from Burton in New Brunswick, Canada. The lucky player is celebrating winning a $1 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball prize.

The lucky player has been trying her luck on lotteries for over 30 years and has always dreamed of winning a big prize.

Quite overwhelming

“I could really cry now because it is quite overwhelming,” said the delighted Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball winner.

Some players take a while to find out about their win and get it confirmed. Canadian Merel Chlasson claimed his $64 million Lotto 6/49 win19 days before it was due to expire.

Not so this winner though who was quick to get in touch with the lottery company. Once the win was confirmed, Gallup began to spread the news of her great slice of luck. Her two children were contacted beginning with her youngest daughter.

“She yelled quite loudly in my ear, she could barely believe what I was telling her,” the Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball winner recalled.

I can’t scream

It was a bit more difficult for her other daughter who whispered rather than yelled. Why? Well she explained to her mother, “I’m in church, I can’t scream.”

Both of her daughters were with their mother when she collected her Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball winnings. They were both in celebratory mood but so was a total stranger who applauded the winner in the car park,

“When they saw us there, they stopped and clapped. A total stranger,” explained the surprised winner.

How will her Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball winnings be spent? A main priority is to look after her daughters and grandchildren. A new car is also on her spending list.

More freedom in her life is now possible. That's something many lottery winners talk about after a big win. The delighted winner said: “You dream of this day, every time you buy a ticket you dream and now it’s here.”

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