Toronto man shocked but happy with $20.4 million jackpot
TORONTO, Sept. 21 /CNW/ - Michael Honey of Toronto felt a combination of shock and happiness when he checked his ticket at his local retailer and saw he won a $20.4 Million LOTTO 6/49 jackpot from the September 19, 2009 draw. "I just didn't believe it; I thought something had to be wrong. I checked it again and again," Honey said of his jackpot win.
"I've always told people it only takes one ticket to win, and now I'm living proof of that," He told OLG Prize Centre staff in Toronto. "This feels so surreal," he went on to say.
Honey, 44 a single bachelor from Scarborough, , works as a Business Analyst. He plans bank his windfall and take some time to figure out his new life.
The winning ticket was purchased at Shoppers Convenience located on Pharmacy Avenue in Scarborough.
OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities. Since 1975, OLG lotteries, casinos, slots, and resort casinos have generated more than $28 billion for the benefit of the Province of Ontario. Gaming proceeds support Ontario's hospitals, amateur sport, recreational and cultural activities, communities, provincial priority programs such as health care and education, and local and provincial charities and non-profit organizations through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
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