Debbie Ramsay accepted the big cheque from B.C. Lottery Corporation with husband Lahsen Rezrazi on Friday.
A Victoria couple is dreaming of a waterfront house and a camper van to do a road trip across the country after winning a $35-million Lotto Max jackpot.
“I won $10, a free play and the last ticket I scanned said $35 million,” Rezrazi said. He checked the winning ticket over again before returning to his car, where he started to cry and called his wife.Ramsay plans to retire, but Rezrazi will be back at work on Monday. The video didn’t indicate what kind of work they do.
The couple said they plan to share their jackpot with family members, many of whom they hadn’t told about their win before publicly receiving the cheque Friday afternoon. Ramsay said she has been playing the Lotto Max since it started and the couple buys lottery tickets at least a couple of times a week. They already had a ticket to the Friday night Lotto Max draw.
Several fake Facebook accounts using photos of the 58-year-old holding his lottery cheque subsequently appeared online. In some cases, the imposters offered to give money to people in need, and managed to scam Bitcoin out of them instead. The same post appeared on multiple accounts, saying they had always envisioned themselves holding their lottery cheque “for so many thousands of dollars” and that they would “keep on sharing the love through giving.”
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