The winner was delighted and shared that she had never thought something like this would happen.Īs of now, Rachamimov has no set plans for the prize money. “I told my family, and they were all beyond happy for me. “I turned red! I was so surprised I didn’t believe it,” she said while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up her cheque. The 59-year-old has been playing the lottery weekly for five years without a big win, so she did not expect to be on the receiving end of such a windfall. Like many other Canadians, her favourite games are Poker Lotto, Lotto 6/49, and Lotto Max. She’d bought it at a Canadian Tire Gas Bar in her city. Tatyana Rachamimov was hanging out at the bingo hall when she checked the lucky lottery ticket that held her future fortune. A lottery player from Niagara Falls is on cloud nine after winning $100,000 in a Poker Lotto draw on November 14.
