A Peterborough woman plans to take her parents to Greece as part of her $267,172 prize in Lotto Max last week.
Rebecca Carpenter earned the prize from the Nov. 9 draw. While in her kitchen, she checked her ticket on the OLG lottery app and learned of her windfall.
“I was in disbelief — thought it was too good to be true,” she said at the OLG lottery centre in Toronto. “I called my mom right away!”
Carpenter, a 35-year-old manufacturing factory worker, purchased the winning ticket at Circle K on Ward Street in Bridgenorth, just north of Peterborough.
She says her plans for the winnings include a trip to Greece with her parents to mark her mother’s 60th birthday. Carpenter also intends to purchase a red Chevrolet truck and take a fishing trip in eastern Canada.
“I’m going to take care of my parents because they have helped me out all my life,” Carpenter said. “It’s incredible — I can’t wait to deposit my cheque.”
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