Saskatoon home to the third million dollar lottery winner in just over 3 weeks – Saskatoon | The Canadian News

In just over three weeks, three lottery tickets, worth at least $ 1,000,000 each, were purchased in Saskatoon and have become winners.

Sask Lotteries said that Marilyn Longman recently found out that she had won $ 1,000,000 in the Lotto 6-49 drawing on November 10.

“I was in complete shock,” he said in a statement Wednesday.

“It was hard for me to breathe because I was so excited!”

“I was thinking, ‘Today is not April 1; It is not the day of the innocents. This is not a joke! ‘”

The Saskatoon local said she doesn’t have big plans for her windfall, but she hopes to have less financial stress in the next few years.

Longman purchased his winning ticket number 31085475-02 from the Co-op Westview Center at 1624 33rd St. W.

Lately there seems to be some luck in Bridge City and the surrounding area.

In the Western 649 drawing on November 3, Brian Taylor won $ 2 million with a ticket purchased from Shell Select located at 1828 McOrmond Dr.

Last month, Matthew Poppel also got some good news with a $ 55 million lottery ticket he purchased at Pinnacle Gas & Food – Faithfull, located at 209A – 2750 Faithfull Ave. Sask Lotteries said this was the second largest jackpot ever won. in the history of the province. .

Poppel’s ticket exactly matched the seven numbers from the main draw of the Lotto Max drawing on October 19: 12, 26, 28, 32, 41, 43 and 50. Taylor’s winning numbers were 6, 17, 31, 33, 38 and 48.

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Another of Saskatchewan’s newest millionaires won big in a jackpot at Dakota Dunes Casino, which is 20 minutes south of Saskatoon.

It was a windfall of $ 1,573,777 for Lanford Montgrand on November 8.

This was also the second time Montgrand won at the casino this year after winning a $ 64,550 jackpot in August.