Instead of travelling or buying a new car, they plan on spoiling their loved ones and make donations to their community. “I like where I live, and we’re really comfortable,” said Ennis. When asked how they see their life changing after their big win, the humble couple said they don’t see it being altered too much. 'We are proud to contribute to the community and allow families to carry out projects of all kinds.” “Luck favors Quebecers this fall, as we can see with the many jackpots that we have awarded to people here recently,' said Isabelle Jean, executive vice-president and head of lottery operations at Loto-Québec.

This massive win comes after a $50,000,000 jackpot was just won by Pierre Richer, a Québec man from Montréal, and a $5,000,000 jackpot was awarded to a group of 28 colleagues from the University of Montréal. “We checked the tickets four times,” said Ennis, noting that they even made copies of the ticket to send to friends and family so they could verify the win. At first, they couldn’t believe their eyes. The retired couple from Estrie, Que., had matched seven out of seven numbers – 22, 23, 25, 26, 35, 40, 44 – in exact order that day, leading to their jackpot. Larocque even admits to waking up a few times to double-check that his lucky ticket was still there. He was so excited that he decided to sleep with the precious ticket, safekeeping it in the pocket of his pyjamas pants. 31 draw, Larocque decided to check his ticket on and was shocked to see the massive amount of $55,000,000 displayed on the screen.

Larocque had purchased the winning ticket at a dépanneur in Coaticook, Que., with prize money he had won in a previous Lotto Max draw. “He was shaking, he was white and he was sweating,” said Ennis. “When he came in he said ‘Oh, you’ve got to come see, I won!’ and I said ‘Oh yeah Jean? I’m baking, leave me alone.’”Īfter a few minutes, she began to notice how he’d turn pale and immediately knew something was up. “I was baking and Jean was checking his tickets which I don’t really pay attention to,” said Ennis at a press conference held by Loto-Québec.

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