A Drumheller resident can’t stop smiling these days after winning a massive $85,174.90 from Lotto 6/49 on Saturday, February 23.
Joyce Mohrbutter and her husband Al headed to IGA to grab a loaf of bread. While there, she decided to check her lottery tickets.
“I checked the first two and they came up with ‘Appears to not be a winner.’ I thought ‘these machines are just programmed to say that.’ When I did the third one, it came up with how much I won,” said Mohrbutter.
The clerk, excited, came over and hugged Mohrbutter.
“It took about two or three days to sink in. I missed just one number to win the $16 million. If I had won that, I’d probably be in the hospital!” said Mohrbutter.
She has plans for the winnings. She and her husband have been doing renovations to their house, which the winnings will help pay for.
“We’ve been doing extensive renovations on our house. Ironically, this is about the same amount we’ve spent. With this, we’ll finish the bathroom and put the rest away for retirements and rainy days,” said Mohrbutter. “It’s a beautiful amount of money. I’ve always said $100,000 would help me, but $1 million would change me.”
She heads up to St. Alberta on Friday to collect her winnings.
