A Kawartha Lakes grandmother discovered she was a millionaire after checking a lottery ticket a couple of months after the draw.
Karen Redmond of Cameron says she purchases lottery tickets about twice a month, playing Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49 and always choosing to play Encore.
The 70-year-old retiree bought her winning ticket at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Kent Street in Lindsay, but left it in her purse for a couple of months before checking it. She discovered she had matched all seven Encore numbers in the exact order in the March 31st Lotto Max draw.
“I was having a yard sale when I took a break to check it,” she says. “When I realized I won, I gave away the rest of the items in my yard sale.”
She says she validated her ticket at the store and the machine shut down.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she recalls, before returning home to tell her partner about her win. “He said, ‘Are you for real?’ We had to sit down because we were in shock. My family and friends couldn’t be happier for me.”
Redmond plans to go on vacation and share her winnings with her children and grandchildren.
“I’ve been excited and sleepless,” she says. “I’m still on cloud nine.”
