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A Montreal Woman Is Set For Life After Winning $1,000 A Week Playing Gagnant À Vie

A Montreal resident has much to celebrate over after winning the lottery and taking home $1,000 a week for life.

Jocelyne Lessard from Montreal won the Gagnant à vie jackpot and opted for the lump sum of $1,000,000. Who doesn't want one million dollars, right?

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A Quebec Woman Thought She Won $2 Playing The Lottery, But Really Won $2 Million

A Quebec resident's life completely changed last month after winning two million dollars playing the Québec 49 game with Loto-Québec. Mélanie Guay from Montérégie has much to celebrate following her whopping windfall. However, Guay didn't realize just how much she had initially won — mistaking her $2 million win for a mere $2.

On the August 30 Québec 49 draw, Guay managed to walk away with the top prize of $2,000,000. Loto-Québec said that Guay and her spouse were feeling lucky that week, so she asked her husband to buy her a lottery ticket. And boy was that ever a wise decision.

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A Quebec Man Won $36 Million Playing Lotto 6/49 & Waited 3 Months Before Claiming His Prize

If you were told you'd just won $36,000,000, chances are you'd be running to collect your prize money. Well, that wasn't the case for Jean-Marc Poirier, who waited three months before claiming his millions.

The Lanaudière resident was the very first person to win the Golden Ball Jackpot, worth a whopping $36 million in the October 29, 2022, Lotto 6/49 draw. A lottery enthusiast, Poirier had a subscription to his favourite games on the Loto-Québec website, the company said. It's clear the newly minted multi-millionaire's determination paid off.

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A Quebec Couple Won The Lotto 6/49 Jackpot & Here's How They Plan On Spending It

Mélanie Daunais and Yves Dion are a newlywed couple from the Capitale-Nationale who just so happen to be $5 million richer. The Quebec couple won the Lotto 6/49 jackpot in the October 12 draw and they already have plans for what they will do with their millions.

Dion, who validated the lottery ticket through the Lotteries app while at work — sent the results to his wife, however, she didn't believe him at first. Daunais received a text message with a screenshot of the $5,000,000 result and replied by saying "If you're joking, it isn't funny!"

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