A construction worker from Ontario might have more than sheer luck to credit for his big lottery win.
Rendall Pennie of Kirkfield won a LOTTO 6/49 second prize of $118,000 in the January 4 draw earlier this year. He bought his ticket at a Loblaws location in Lindsay, just over 30 minutes from his village.
“I’ve been playing LOTTO 6/49 since it came out,” he said while collecting his prize at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.
“I put together an Excel sheet with all the winning numbers and analyzed the data to pick the most common numbers.”
- You might also like:
- We asked Netflix why its new account-sharing rules hit Canada, but not the US
- A shopping trip for Valentine's treats leads to big lotto win for grandma
- "I ran to show my mom": 29-year-old wins lottery after playing for 11 years
Pennie was shocked when he checked his ticket on the OLG App: “I heard the winning jingle and I didn’t believe it,” the grandfather recalled. “I showed my partner and her eyes opened wide and she said, ‘No way!'”
The winner will be just as smart with his prize money as he was with picking his numbers. He plans to pay off bills, buy new home furniture, and invest what’s left.
“This money is going to do so much for me,” he said, smiling.
Want to read more about life-changing wins like Pennie’s? Check out our compilation of lucky Canadians who became millionaires overnight playing the lottery.