A LOTTERY winner who bought a ticket in the spur of the moment, won £41,000 after babysitting her grandson.
Joyce Edwards, a 57-year-old mum and gran from Midland says that thanks to her grandson, she won the massive sum.
Joyce Edwards, 57, from Midland wins £41,000 after purchasing a lottery ticket on a whim“I just finished babysitting my grandson and stopped to purchase this ticket on my way home,”;; she said.
The Canadian nan has been a regular lottery player for over ten years and was “dumbfounded”;; when she realised she had won.
“I looked at it a few times and counted all the words to make sure. I was surprised,”;; Edwards said.
“I’ll take some time to let it set in, but I know my family will encourage me to treat myself to a trip, so we’ll see,”;; she added.
Edwards is planning to give her grandson, who she called her “good luck charm”;;, an extra special gift for Christmas but has not made any decisions on what it will be yet.
The winning ticket was purchased at Circle K on Midland Avenue in Midland.
The Instant Quest for Gold Crossword game is available for just £2.40, with a top prize of £41,000.
This huge win comes after a lucky lady from Maryland won £200,000 while running an errand in her local shop.
The mum-of-five, Isabel Sandoval, was on a booze run for husband before purchasing three Lady Luck scratch cards on a whim.
The warehouse worker, 35, ended up bagging much more than she bargained for when she scooped the top prize of £200,000 on the lotto ticket.
Sandoval intends to spend the money on her mother who lives in Mexico, while sensibly storing the rest away for her five children and grandchild.
A lottery winning couple from Ontario were also shocked after realising they had won £82,000 with a ticket they had tucked away for a month.
Katrina Nicholls and her husband Ernest scanned their Lotto Max ticket using Katrina’s phone after the purchase.
“I was at home when I checked the ticket on the app. I thought the win was for £82 at first,”;; she said.
After deciding to cash the winnings at a later date, the lucky couple stashed the ticket away for a month.
But when they went back to check, Katrina was stunned to realise that they had won the huge £82,000 prize.
