A Fort McMurray man was announced Thursday as the winner of $21.8 million in last week's Lotto Max draw. 3 X0 q4 L0 C4 s* O% ?: Z- n4 j8 | 1 `8 k6 U$ c' G; Y0 GChris Fowler, 55, is a heavy equipment operator originally from Newfoundland who has lived in the northern Alberta city for the past 30 years. ' K6 P0 I$ r* T. S! H3 |5 k5 J- g- u; o ^% ~% H$ ?4 _: ~- m
Fowler had been carrying around his ticket for days before checking the numbers at a local gas station. Now he's making plans for his winnings. # H& q v+ N9 f- b/ f Z1 E% U9 T9 ?7 {9 w
"Help my family get debt-free, do some travelling, see the world," he said. "I'm going to retire next week."- Z: j) w! p5 i4 t7 K- ^
* d& ]; d! q r& j+ S3 Y8 JFowler, who was joined at Thursday's news conference by his son Jason and daughter Danielle, says he plans to keep buying lottery tickets.