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Amanda Stephenson
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The lottery kiosk in the Medicine Hat Mall
was hopping Wednesday, as hopeful Hatters lined up for a shot at
the second-largest lottery jackpot in Canadian history.
“It’s been really, really
busy,” said Diana Arnott, who was working the kiosk yesterday
morning. “People remember that last time, it went to
Alberta.”
Arnott was referring to the $54.3 million
prize won by a group of 17 oil and gas workers from Alberta in
2005. While last night’s Lotto 6/49 jackpot wasn’t that
high, as of press time, it looked as though the winning 6/49 ticket
would be worth more than $43 million.
Meta Sokolovic plays the lottery every
week, and wasn’t about to miss out on a chance at that kind
of cash.
“I’d probably buy my dream
house, and take a real long vacation,” she said after
purchasing her ticket. “And of course, give money to my
kids.”
Katlyn Tucker was also picking up a
ticket, although she didn’t want to make too many plans for
the money.
“There’s so much I would want
to do with it,” she said. “You don’t really think
about it because you don’t really think you’re going to
win.”
“It’s too much money to be
thinking about it,” said Ken Biddell as he chose his numbers.
“I actually think they should divide it among 43 winners so
we could each have $1 million. I could spend $1 million quite
easily.”
Arnott just smiled when asked how she
would feel if it turned out she had sold the winning ticket.
“You know, I would hope the customer
remembers me,” she said.
The winning 6/49 numbers were 10, 18, 22,
26, 34 and 38. |
