Get this: A Canadian woman wins $40M, not the $40K she celebrated over last Friday. When the Toronto woman learned she'd won the Lotto Max draw, she made intends to visit Hawaii and dine at among favorite restaurants. Monday, reporters learned her small lottery fortune had morphed to a pot of gold.
Canadian lottery winner, Maria Carreiro, 51, danced about and was packed with laughter because the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation presented her having a lotto jackpot pay attention to $40M, not the measly $40K she believed she'd won the other day, reported the Huffington Post on April 10.
Carreiro's journey from "comfortable" to "filthy-rich" began Friday when she viewed her lottery ticket and learned she won a fortune of capital.
However, certainly one of her daughter's did a certain amount of research on the Internet and learned her mother could possibly be wealthier than she thought.
After visiting a local store and re-checking her ticket, over learned she became a multi-millionaire.
The Portuguese immigrant, a mom of three daughters and grandmother to, intends to share her windfall with close relatives here to get homes and cars. She also intentions to take her husband with an elaborate vacation returning to her homeland.
Moments after learning the lottery commission confirmed the Toronto woman won $40M, not $40K, her husband gave her job notice of his resignation. However, he was thoughtful enough to supply him a one-day notice. Imagine that?