This Canadian couple just won $50M. It ‘won’t change’ them, they hope
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Mohamed Karim Mamlouk and Insaf Bach Werdiane came out ahead in the Lotto 6/49 draw at the end of August. The shocked pair accepted their prize money from Loto-Quebec on Tuesday.
A lucky couple is ending their summer on a high note by taking home $50 million from a winning lottery ticket in Quebec City.
Mohamed Karim Mamlouk and Insaf Bach Werdiane came out ahead in the Lotto 6/49 draw at the end of August. The shocked pair accepted their prize money from Loto-Quebec in province’s capital Tuesday.
“There is a lot of joy,” Mamlouk said, adding they hope the money “won’t change” who they are as people.
The surprise of a lifetime happened the day after ticket was picked when Mamlouk checked his phone before work last Thursday.
The couple regularly buys tickets together, but as he saw the number on his screen, he realized they were millionaires.
Mamlouk tried reaching wife repeatedly but she wasn’t able to answer while she was at work. When she called back, he told a bewildered Werdiane they had won $50 million.
“I didn’t realize at the beginning but after I told myself ‘Calm down Insaf, it’s not true,'” Werdiane said, adding she went about her day at work.
It was an overall lucky day for Mamlouk, aside from their newfound fortune.
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