Life just got a little more interesting for at least two Yorkton residents.
"It was a good call to make," says Donald Tkachuk who recently made a once-in-a-lifetime phone call to his very good friend Roby Sharpe to tell him that they had just won $1 Million on LOTTO 6/49!
Tkachuk had just checked a stack of tickets at the Shoppers Drug Mart on 33-277 Broadway St. East in their hometown while running errands.
"I felt really good; there were a few $10 and $20 wins - it's my lucky week!" he says, remembering checking the tickets. "Then the screen goes blue and the writing at the bottom says, 'Major Win'."
Tkachuk and Sharpe's ticket had matched the Guaranteed Prize Draw winning selection for a $1 Million prize on the Wednesday, February 26 draw.
"The clerks behind the counter were really excited," Tkachuk recalls.
After talking to Western Canada Lottery Corporation and leaving the excitement in the store, Tkachuk called Sharpe. who thought he was joking about the win.
"He sounded kind of sad and serious," Sharpe recalls and when Tkachuk asked what Sharpe would do with his $500,000 share; he dismissed it as a lark.
"If there's one thing I don't joke about, it's money," Tkachuk says.
After a few minutes of discussion on the phone it didn't seem to convince Sharpe so Tkachuk decided that maybe seeing would be believing. He paid a visit to the Sharpe household where he was greeted by Sharpe and his wife.
"He was acting all cool, and I asked him, 'What are you doing here?' Then he showed me the ticket," Sharpe says.
His wife took a look at the ticket and validation slip. "She said, 'Oh my God, you won $100,000?' I told her to look again," Tkachuk remembers.
The long-time friends plan to use their share of the winnings to pay down some debt, help immediate family and Sharpe may fix up a family cabin.
The winning Guaranteed Prize Draw Selection was 24478765-03.
