Ontario Lotto MAX Stay-at-Home Multimillionaire Took His Time

Lotto MAX has once again changed the life of a lottery fan for good with the help of its Main prize up for grabs. Adrian Olmstead is Canada’s latest lotto millionaire bagging CA$70 million with the help of a lottery ticket purchase ahead of the hefty draw. The player hails from Blenheim, Ontario and he was ready to share his story.

April 14 will forever remain a special day for Mr. Olmstead, who managed to make it to the maximum amount of money a Lotto MAX ticket could offer its players. The Southwestern Ontario lottery fan managed to match all the numbers needed for this maximum prize and he became eligible for CA$70 million. His reaction was quite emotional.

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Finding out that your life would never be the same and seeing it change in a split second is something many individuals fail to comprehend at first. This happens with lottery winners upon realizing they are eligible for a grand payout coming with one of the lottery draws happening live. Such was the case with the Blenheim Lotto MAX fan who found out he is a multimillionaire once he checked his ticket.

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Mr. Olmstead found out the good news while he was at the grocery store. He checked his ticket there and quickly realized that all needed numbers match the ones drawn during the April 14 Lotto MAX draw. He quickly left the grocery store and made his way to his truck parked nearby. He could not contain his emotions and tears of joy began rolling down his face.

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This is when he decided to contact his mother and tell her the unexpected windfall news. The winner told her the exact amount won and at first, she could not understand everything he was telling her. The winner had purchased a total of four tickets ahead of the April 14 Lotto MAX draw, increasing his chances of winning big.

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He scanned all of those at the grocery store and three of them got him a free play, as a second chance at grabbing a prize. The fourth one scanned ended up being the winning one, but at first Mr. Olmstead thought that he won CA$70,000. This was when all the zeroes sunk in and he realized the prize is, in fact, CA$70,000,000.

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When the initial phase was over and the burst of excitement subsided, he took the time to prepare for the eventual bagging of the prize. This meant that the winner sought financial advice on the ways he could best handle the payout he was eligible for, in order to make the right choices in the future. The 44-year-old man takes care of his two kids and stays at home.

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He wants to teach them that money is not the most important thing in the world, but they should also know the value of a dollar. The lucky lottery ticket purchase was made at the Petro Canada/Double Seven Gas Bar on Chatham Street in Blenheim and the retail location is now eligible for a one-percent slice of the Main prize.