“I was laughing at myself for being upset about going downtown for $ 1,000!”
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A Thornhill man was surprised to learn that his lottery winnings were higher than he originally thought.
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No, Arnold Agulto’s eyes weren’t deceiving him when he checked his Encore numbers on his Pick 4 ticket.
“When I checked my ticket, I thought I had won $ 1,000 and I thought, ‘Do I really have to go downtown to claim $ 1,000?’
“Then I saw the commas and realized that I had won $ 1 million,” he said as he collected his winnings at the OLG Prize Center in Toronto.
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“I was laughing at myself for being upset about going downtown for $ 1,000!”
The married father of three says he usually plays the lottery when the jackpots are big.
Agulto plans to buy a new home and car with his million, not a thousand dollars.
The winning ticket was purchased at the DM Kitchen Food Fair on Steeles Ave. in Thornhill.
Reference-torontosun.com