Battersea, Ont. man picks up $12.5M lotto win
Global News
The winning $12.5-million ticket was purchased at Kingston Truck Stop on Highway 15 in Kingston.
A trip to the gas station has turned out to be very profitable for a Battersea man and his family.
John Wilson won $12.5 million on the Lotto Max ticket he picked up while filling up the tank last month.
“I always pick up a ticket while getting gas. This is my first big win,” Wilson said in a OLG press release Monday.
Wilson, a weekly lottery ticket buyer for eight years, says he couldn’t believe it when his wife checked his ticket through the OLG app.
“She showed me the Big Winner screen and asked if that said $12.5 thousand. I said, ‘No, I think there are a few more zeros,'” he recalled.
“I was so shocked. We hugged and celebrated — I just kept wondering if it was real!”
Wilson’s winning ticket was purchased at Kingston Truck Stop on Highway 15 in Kingston.
Now that he’s picked up his cheque from the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto, Wilson says he’ll take a little time to figure out his next steps.
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