A Burnaby woman and her grandmother are going to have to learn to share.
But they're OK with that.
After purchasing a ticket together for the July 17 Lotto 6/49 draw, Pirani Khan and her granddaughter Almaaz Hussein are making some fun plans for the future.
Pirani and Hussein have been playing together for the last three years. They typically buy lottery tickets together once a week and then Hussein checks them on her way to work.
It was a day like any other when that routine check showed that the women had won $74,265 after matching five out of six numbers, plus the Bonus.
“I checked this one and it said 70 something,” Hussein said. “I gave it to the retailer to check and then I called my grandmother right away. She thought I was joking.”
When asked about how they felt about their win, Hussein said she was “excited” and “in shock” and Khan added she was “happy.”
While Hussein doesn’t have any immediate plans for her share of the win, Khan is already thinking about her family.
“I will share some with my 10 grandchildren [and] I will treat myself to something,” she said.
So far in 2019, B.C. lottery players have redeemed more than $71 million in prize winning Lotto 6/49 tickets.
