She almost missed her prize! Lottery winner thankfully double-checked ticket

Take it as a lesson to double-check your lottery tickets because one Canadian woman’s eyes almost deceived her out of a ton of cash. 

“I checked my ticket online, but I didn’t check the little number at the bottom,” recalled Yolanda Gayasco. “I didn’t think I won, but then I took the ticket to the Save-On-Foods on Yale Road to check.”

Thankfully the Chilliwack resident verified her ticket earnings because she actually won a $1 million Guaranteed Prize from the November 19 Lotto 6/49 draw.

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Gayasco said she was more eager to tell her husband that she won the lottery, so she picked him up immediately. 

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The BC woman plans to use her prize to pay off her mortgage and travel to the Philippines in the new year to visit family.

“I am so happy that I won Lotto 6/49! I didn’t think it was real.”

The winning ticket was purchased at the Real Canadian Superstore on Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack.