N.B. man wins $64 million from Lotto 6/49
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A New Brunswicker will go to bed Thursday night much richer than he was Wednesday after collecting on a winning lottery ticket he let sit on his bedroom dresser for nearly a year.
A New Brunswicker will go to bed Thursday night much richer than he was Wednesday after collecting on a winning lottery ticket he let sit on his bedroom dresser for nearly a year.
According to a news release from Atlantic Lottery, Merel Chiasson from Bas-Caraquet won $64 million from Lotto 6/49 on Thursday, claiming the massive prize only 19 days before it was due to expire.
The winning Gold Ball Jackpot was drawn on April 15, 2023, but Chiasson didn’t expect he was the winner, keeping his ticket with a collection of others at home.
“I’ve always done it like that and I never thought I would win big, so I leave the tickets there and didn’t worry too much about it,” he said in the release.
Atlantic Lottery recently filmed a commercial in the Gloucester County area featuring a golden town crier urging people to check their tickets.
“We didn’t give up hope that we were going to be able to meet them," Molly Cormier, director of brand and communications with Atlantic Lottery, told CTV News Atlantic. "We put out public awareness. We were constantly trying to remind the public to check their tickets. We’re just so over the moon excited that it’s concluded in this way."
If Chiasson hadn't collected the prize, the money would have gone back into Atlantic Lottery's prize pool.
