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A Fort Saskatchewan couple claimed a $50 million jackpot Tuesday after buying the winning ticket last December.
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Andrea, 47, and Bill Groner, 54, finally came forward a month after the Western Canada Lottery Corporation called on lottery players to check their old tickets.
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It turns out the couple knew they had a winner the whole time but made a conscious decision not to wait seven months before claiming the enormous prize.# u- m# k2 w1 w4 v* W, O2 e0 x- e
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“We carried on with life, day to day, normal people,” Andrea said.
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“We chose not to discuss with people until we knew where we had to be and what we had to do and just get our life in order.”( w7 l$ ~/ O$ N1 H b( W
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Andrea bought the Lotto Max quick-pick ticket at Shefield Express in Londonderry Mall on Dec. 20, making the prize the biggest ever won by a ticket sold in Edmonton and the second biggest in Alberta.
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# _7 c" R3 E0 t% @4 }“When I checked the ticket, the first thing I should have had was my glasses, because I didn’t have those with me,” she said. “I had to get the retail clerk there to tell me what was said on the self-scanner.0 v+ J& M5 \1 s7 n4 Q. ]
) g9 T" t) M5 E- k- f“She was more excited than I was at the time. I was in disbelief.”; K L4 N1 `7 i5 J- W7 C
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Bill had recently retired from his job as a heavy equipment operator, while Andrea is still working as a project co-ordinator at an electrical firm and was planning to retire in December.$ K9 z4 Z+ i }: }
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The couple has kept on buying tickets since picking the winner.
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2 S3 I/ a1 `7 T, {" u5 VAndrea and Bill both say they don’t have immediate plans for spending the money, and that they hope to maintain their “normal” day to day lives.) {! H3 R, ? c Y% K# v
1 F; p+ Q8 J, ]+ T' ~: J" H2 Z7 R8 G“It’s more money than what one could ever dream of having,” Andrea said., p% a" ?. V1 R U0 U9 k
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“We don’t want to rush into anything.”0 w/ T& V. F# G1 t* V
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She did suggest, however, that it might finally be time to take a honeymoon.$ [3 z5 W) o P- t& H
: ]+ {0 z2 r+ |9 o“We’ve been married 25 years and we haven’t been on a honeymoon yet,” she said.' y: @) l X& U) S d9 [+ R
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Their winning numbers were 2, 13, 18, 24, 27, 37 and 43. |
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