When Anna Fodor checked her lottery ticket and saw she hadn鈥檛 won the $70-million jackpot, she thought that was that.
However, when Fodor scanned the same ticket she realized she had nearly missed out on a $500,000 win for the Tuesday, Jan. 7 Lotto Max draw.
The Penticton resident, who bought the winning ticket at Duncan Grocery in Penticton, split the $1 million prize with another person in Ontario with the same winning numbers.
鈥淚 had checked on the BCLC website and I didn鈥檛 have any winning numbers on the main draw,鈥� said Fodor. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 realize I had won until I scanned it at the corner store where I bought the ticket.鈥�
Fodor said that that the feeling of the win was 鈥淎mazing, pure happiness.鈥�
Fodor, who made the trek from her home in Penticton to BCLC鈥檚 Kamloops head-office to pick up her $500,000 cheque, said she鈥檚 no stranger to Kamloops.
鈥淚 was born in Kamloops and lived in B.C. all my life,鈥� she said.
The first thing on Fodor鈥檚 bucket list? Getting herself a new Toyota Tacoma truck.
鈥淚 will buy a truck and probably a fifth wheel (trailer) for travelling, and invest the rest wisely,鈥� said Fodor. 鈥淚t will make a huge difference in my life.鈥�
Keep an eye out for the Penticton Western鈥檚 exclusive interview with Anna Fodor by Mark Brett next week.
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