A Valley man has 500,000 reasons to have a great 2014.
The 80 year old Drumheller man, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a MaxMillion winner. On a LottoMax draw he shared a $1 million MaxMillion prize with another winner, setting the senior up for life.
“I play every week, it just so happens that I was lucky. Apparently the odds are very big,” said the happy winner.
He is a regular player, but this by far was his biggest win. The retiree doesn’t foresee this changing his life in any significant way.
“The plans are very simple, stay around the house, fix it up a little bit and give some to the kids, that’s pretty much it,” he tells inSide Drumheller. “Maybe I’ll buy myself a new truck.”
When pressed, he imagines there may be a vacation or two down the line.
LottoMax has been good to the valley. Just weeks ago, it was announced Tom Crist, who grew up in Drumheller, was a $42 million winner. In 2009, Don Cunningham of Rosedale was a $1 million MaxMillion winner.
