‘This just can’t be real’: P.E.I. woman takes home $500K lottery prize

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Marlene Ramsay of Dunstaffnage, P.E.I. was shocked when her husband instructed her to verify her lottery tickets after he acquired an e mail notification a few win.

“My husband texted me that day and mentioned, ‘Verify your tickets.’ Then, not one minute later, he referred to as and mentioned, ‘Verify your tickets,’ once more,” Ramsay mentioned.

“I mentioned, ‘I don’t see something, there’s nothing right here,’ and he mentioned ’Effectively, it says we received one thing so that you’d higher look a little bit tougher.”

Ramsay mentioned she was much more stunned when she discovered a notification on her alc.ca account a few $500,000 second prize win within the Oct. 20 Day by day Grand draw.

“Effectively, there was a 5, after which there was an terrible lot of zeros after that,” Ramsay mentioned.

Day by day Grand second prize winners can select to obtain $25,000 a yr for all times or a lump sum of $500,000.

Ramsay opted to obtain the lump sum cost.

She has labored in finance for over 30 years and plans to attend to retire. Nevertheless, Ramsay mentioned she and her husband will be capable to retire ahead of anticipated following the win.

In addition they intend to make use of their prize cash to buy a brand new car, repay some payments and assist out their two sons.

“One in all our sons only in the near past purchased a house and the opposite simply moved out into an condominium lower than a yr in the past,” Ramsay mentioned.

“It’s good to have the ability to supply them a little bit bit to assist them transfer forward.”