Donald McCallum and Darlene Matchee won $100,000 thorugh their Lotto MAZ ticket in late April, only recently finding out they'd won. (submitted/Sask Lotteries)

By meadowlakeNOW Staff

Lotto luck

Meadow Lake couple wins $100,000

May 20, 2022 | 5:00 AM

A local couple from Meadow Lake has won $100,000.

Late in April, Donald McCallum and Darlene Matchee were having a normal day when they went to pick up a LOTTO MAX ticket for the draw that evening. Adding the EXTRA to the purchase at Meadow Lake Co-op proved critical, matching the last six digits of the winning number.

When they checked it weeks later after they returned to the Co-op, McCallum was reportedly not even aware of what happened as the machine scanning the ticket made a noise.

“Donald wasn’t paying attention,” Matchee laughed. “He had to ask if we won.”

McCallum thought he won $10,000, so he called over another employee to get a second set of eyes. After hearing what the employee had said, Matchee ran over.

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“I didn’t even finish paying for my groceries,” she recalled as the couple claimed their prize.

“I thought I would have been screaming and hopping as they do on game shows,” Matchee laughed. “But I wasn’t like that – I just said ‘no way!’ when I realized it was real.”

McCallum told Sask Lotteries that he was stunned.

“I never thought I would win that amount,” McCallum said. “I’ve never seen that much money in my life. After that, I couldn’t sleep!”

More info on lottery purchases is available at sasklotteries.ca.

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