They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but for one lucky couple in Canada it has struck three times. Barbara and Douglas Fink are celebrating a Lotto 649 win worth a staggering C$8,200,000 but it’s not the first time they’ve won, or even the second!
The couple scooped the jackpot back in February, the largest of the three lottery prizes the couple has picked up. Back in 1989 Mr Fink shared a prize worth C$128,000 with four of his friends, and then in 2010 the couple won again, this time keeping all of a prize worth C$100,000. It seems they were just practising for the big one as now they are lottery millionaires to the tune of C$8,200,000!
The latest winning ticket was sold in Edmonton, Canada where the couple reside and in a press interview when claiming the prize, they said family comes first and they intend on using the cash to make sure their daughters and grandchildren are well looked after. Mr Fink told the lottery corporation that his wife wants a new house, and so she’ll get one, and they also plan to travel.
The pair shared the Canada Lotto 649 jackpot on the night with one other winner, and it was Mrs Fink who checked the tickets, leading her on a frantic chase of her husband as she tried to contact him.
Many of us spend our entire lives hoping for one substantial lottery win, and most of us never achieve it, but this lucky couple must be the luckiest pair in Canada with three wins under their belts. The couple didn’t say if they would continue playing the Lotto 649 but it seems like a good bet to us!