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 one 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 Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation presented her that has a lotto jackpot look for $40M, not the measly $40K she believed she'd won a couple weeks ago, reported the Huffington Post bola on April 10.
Carreiro's journey from "comfortable" to "filthy-rich" began Friday when she looked over her lottery ticket and learned she won a lot of money of capital.
However, one among her daughter's did a certain amount of research on the Internet and learned her mother might be wealthier than she thought.
After attending a local store and re-checking her ticket, over learned she would have been a multi-millionaire.
The Portuguese immigrant, a mom of three daughters and grandmother to 5, intentions to share her windfall with members of the family to obtain homes and cars. She also promises to take her husband upon 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?