Lotto 6/49 jackpot: After 36 years of playing the same numbers, B.C. couple win $6,000,000 prize
For 36 years, Chau Ming (Lana) Leung and her husband (Joery) Yiu Fai Leung have been playing the same Lotto 6/49 numbers, and they finally won the $6 million jackpot in the March 16 draw.
The Burnaby, B.C., couple revealed their winning numbers are based on family birthdays and their son was actually the person who prompted them to check their winning ticket.
Their winning numbers for the March 16 draw were 1, 3, 8, 14, 15, and 16 - and were the only ones across Canada to match all six.
“He found out someone from Vancouver won on Instagram, a few days after the draw,” Lana said. “He saw that they were our numbers, and he texted my husband to ask if he bought tickets for that draw.”
"When we scanned the ticket and saw the $6 million on the phone, we all started screaming and crying.”
Lana plans to quit one of her two jobs and Joery will keeping working for now, before they settle into early retirement. They also want to buy their son a car and pay off their daughter’s mortgage.
Before their big win, the couple were planning to buy a new house but now they don't want to move out of the house where they won the Lotto 6/49 jackpot.
Joery and Lana purchased their winning ticket at the Lucky Mart on Nanaimo and East 7th in Vancouver, where they have been buying lottery tickets for years.
In 2021, lottery players in B.C. redeemed more than $99 million in Lotto 6/49 winnings.
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