LAC LA BICHE - A Lac La Biche resident says she is going to take time to think about what she will do with her recent $1 million lottery win.
Anna Verhaeghe won a $1 million prize from the April 18 LOTTO MAX draw. The Lac la Biche local won one of the two MAXMILLIONS prizes drawn, according to informatiom from Western Canada Lottery Corporation and Alberta Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis (AGLC).
Verhaeghe said she was shocked when she scanned her ticket.
“I gave the ticket to the cashier,” she explained. “Then I had to take a minute to count all the zeroes. I could not believe there were six of them," she added.
“I still wake up sometimes and think it was all a dream – but it’s real," said Verhaeghe, who had not made any plans for her winnings,
“I’m going to put it away for now,” she said. “I never, ever, thought I would win a million dollars. I want to take time to think about what to do with it.”
One possible option for the new millionaire is retirement.
Verhaeghe purchased the winning LOTTO MAX ticket from Fiddler’s Food Gas Water & Carwash at 9031 101 Avenue in Lac la Biche. She won her million-dollar prize with the numbers: 9, 24, 30, 31, 36, 42 and 44.
