By rdnewsNOW staff

Big winner!

Local woman checks lottery ticket a month later, wins $2 million

Jun 28, 2019 | 10:05 AM

Adrienne Cornish got a message she wasn’t expecting when she scanned her WESTERN 649 ticket. She discovered she had won $2,000,000 on the May 11 draw.

Cornish purchased her $4 WESTERN 649 quick pick ticket at Apple Drugs in Red Deer. She returned to the store to check her ticket a little over a month later.

“I scanned the ticket on the self-checker and thought there was something wrong with the machine,” she said. “I’ve gotten so used to seeing the message ‘Sorry, does not appear to be a winner’ when checking my lottery tickets.”

“When ‘Appears to be a $2,000,000 winner’ popped up on the screen, I was completely speechless!”

The happy winner said she has started thinking about what to do with her windfall.

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“Our first big plan is to pay off our mortgage,” she said. “Once we do that, everything else down the road will be a lot more comfortable.”

“We will probably retire a little earlier, too,” she continued. “This is an awesome set up for our retirement!”

(WCLC)