There were two big local winners of the Aug. 19 Western Max draw.
John Gabor and Alvin Wick won a million dollars on a ticket for the draw. The two have known each other for about 30 years and have played the lottery together regularly for the last 14 years.
The winning $3 Western Max ticket was purchased from Northside. Their quick pick numbers were 8, 13, 30, 31, 33, 45 and 47.
All the numbers matched one of seven winning selections drawn that evening for $1 million.
According to Sask. Lotteries’ news release, it was on a routine Saturday afternoon when they checked their ticket and found out they won.
“We get together on Saturday afternoons and I check our lottery tickets on the Lottery Manager app,” Gabor said in a news release. “I scanned it with the app's ticket checker and showed Alvin my phone.”
The two checked the ticket a few times before it all sank it that they had won.
“Alvin wanted to see the prize amount on his phone too, so we scanned it again,” Gabor said. “We also checked the numbers and prize amount on Saskatchewan Lotteries website to be sure.”
According to the news release, both took the news of their win rather calmly.
“We both played it pretty cool,”said Wick. “We didn’t jump up and down or anything. I guess we were probably in shock.
“But it was really exciting. It’s fun to win anything. So, of course, winning a million dollars is even more fun!”
“I’m happy about the win, and I’m very happy for Alvin”, Gabor said.
This was part of a winning run for Saskatchewan residents in recent months, as a Neville resident won $60 million on the August 12 Lotto Max and winners are still to come forward for a $5 million Lotto 6/49 prize from the Aug. 31 draw, with the winning ticket sold in Saskatoon.
