Three Friends Share $50 million Lotto 6/49 Jackpot

For 17 years three friends have been playing the Lotto 6/49 draw together. Last December saw them win a $50 million jackpot and the Canadians from Calgary have now finally claimed their fantastic prize.

Carmen Austria, Gary Perkins and Catherine Wall are now making plans on how to spend their Lotto 6/49 win. The three aren’t just friends, they used to work together and are all now multi-millionaires.

Early morning shock

It was at 6am on the morning of December 11, 2023, that Carmen checked the Lotto 6/49 results. She hadn’t heard that a ticket in Calgary had won the Lotto 6/49 jackpot. Then she scanned their ticket and discovered theirs was the $50 million jackpot winner.

Carmen needed confirmation and went to see her husband who was taking a shower at the time. He confirmed the big win but his language was rather rude and then announced he’d never work again. That’s just what  a $40 million Australian Powerball winner did.

Now she had to contact the other two winners. Catherine was initially concerned bad news was being delivered. Gary meanwhile was still asleep and didn’t answer the phone. Eventually he did and saw a text with a photograph saying ‘it appears you won $50 million’ but couldn’t work out what was going on.

Each player will receive $16.6 million and Austria is delighted all of them have won. “I don’t know what I would have done with $50 million alone,” she joked. Mr Perkins added that sharing the win was “more enriching.”

The dream

The trio will continue to play Lotto 6/49. Gary said:”If you have a ticket, you have a chance” and added if you don’t buy a ticket then “you don’t have the dream.”

They’ve taken time to let the news of their win sink in. Austria has paid a visit to her family in Chile and Catherine and her husband have both retired. Gary has already bought a new car.
The three friends are also planning on taking a holiday together.

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