One couldn乌鸦传媒檛 blame White Rock乌鸦传媒檚 Tibor Tusnady for feeling a little flushed these days 乌鸦传媒� after all, he乌鸦传媒檚 just become B.C.乌鸦传媒檚 newest millionaire.
Tusnady, a retired pharmacist, won $16.4 million , after matching all six numbers in the April 15 Lotto 6/49 draw. His ticket 乌鸦传媒� purchased at the Elgin Esso on Crescent Road in South Surrey 乌鸦传媒� was the only one in Canada to win the jackpot.
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乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 a big, big shock,乌鸦传媒� Tusnady, 63, said during a moving Facebook live interview with BCLC interim president and CEO Greg Moore. 乌鸦传媒淚 already warned the bank I乌鸦传媒檓 coming with a big cheque.乌鸦传媒�
Tusnady (pronounced Tush-nady) told BCLC it took some time for him to get a handle on the situation. He was sitting on the toilet at home when he decided to check his 6/49 tickets against the winning numbers.
乌鸦传媒淚 Googled the numbers,乌鸦传媒� he said. 乌鸦传媒淚 took my ticket out and checked and just went blank. I tried to take a deep breath, let it register, and went back and checked again and again.乌鸦传媒�
In shock, he waited till the next day to drop the bomb on his wife.
乌鸦传媒淭he next day, after lunch, I held my wife乌鸦传媒檚 hand and said, 乌鸦传媒楲ook, I have something to tell you and I don乌鸦传媒檛 want anything to change with us,乌鸦传媒櫸谘淮綕 Tusnady recounted.
After that, Tusnady shared the good news with relatives across Canada and in Hungary via video meetings.
At first, 乌鸦传媒渘obody believed it,乌鸦传媒� he said.
乌鸦传媒淓verybody thinks it乌鸦传媒檚 a joke.乌鸦传媒�
He claimed the prize via BCLC乌鸦传媒檚 alternative prize-claim process.
Tusnady said travel will be on his family乌鸦传媒檚 to-do list once the pandemic has passed 乌鸦传媒� and the plane tickets will seat them at the front of the aircraft from now on.
The virtual celebration was BCLC乌鸦传媒檚 first.
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