Gary and Karry Stata of Lindsay are multi-millionaires after winning more than $21 million in Lotto 6/49.
The Statas won $21,593,703.80 in the February 26th draw.
The couple, who have been married for 45 years, have been playing the lottery for decades.
“We only play Lotto 6/49,” Gary said while the couple was at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up their winnings. “This is our first big win.”
Gary said he noticed an advertisement for the jackpot which prompted him to purchase their ticket.
“I was watching the news and saw that someone in our community had a winning ticket,” he recalled. “I was at home when I compared our numbers to the winning numbers on OLG.ca and noticed they matched. I can’t even tell you how many times we looked at this ticket and thought something must be wrong.”
“We called our daughter right away,” Karry added. “She could tell by my voice something was up. She was just as shocked as we were.”
“It’s still hard to imagine this is where we are,” Gary said.
Karry said she was so overwhelmed her head ached.
“We’re just regular Kraft dinner and fried bologna people,” Karry said, laughing.
