Shocked Yellowknife Couple Win $1 million Lotto 6/49 Prize

Many players go out to buy new lottery tickets before checking to see how previous purchases have fared. A couple from Yellowknife in Canada did that and ended up discovering a $1 million Lotto 6/49 win.

Charlie and Loy Kudlak are regular players but take their time to check the tickets they buy. That’s like Merel Chlasson who  nearly missed out on claiming his $64 million Lotto 6/9 win.

They were out buying some new tickets when deciding to see if any of the older ones had won anything.

You can imagine their shock at finding out they’d had a $1 million Lotto 6/49 ticket without even knowing how much it was worth.

“I jumped back”

Charlie couldn’t initially believe what he was seeing. “I jumped back and looked around to make sure nobody saw me,” he recalled. When telling his wife the news she was a disbeliever too.

The following day they had to fill in some paperwork to claim the win. Loy began to send out texts telling her family about the $1 million Lotto 6/49 win and spent most the day replying to messages.

Her husband still wasn’t totally convinced so asked family members not to spread the news. There was no reason to be worried though, they really had won $1 million.

New carpet

House renovations will now be carried out and that includes a new kitchen and carpet. Will the win change their lives though? Charlie has several jobs but has already started to cut down his working hours. He said: “I think for both of us, it hasn't really affected us, we're still Loy and Charlie. "We say we're not going to change anything.”

They might consider changing their lifestyle if entering tonight’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot cap has already been reached and tonight’s top prize is $70 million. In addition though there are 42 $1 million MAXMILLIONS prizes up for grabs.

Tonight also sees the latest Mega MIllions draw take place and that has a massive $464 million top prize.

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