Retired gym teacher buys $40M winning lottery ticket at the last minute

Bernard Morissette has been playing the aforesaid lottery numbers for years and aft astir forgetting, helium made a acquisition successful the nick of clip that paid disconnected with a whopping $40 million.

The retired gym teacher from Quebec’s Outaouais portion was 1 fractional of a fortunate duo successful a record-breaking lottery worthy $80 million.

The Lotto Max jackpot was divided betwixt 2 winning tickets located successful Quebec and Ontario. Each victor from Tuesday night’s draw gets to instrumentality location $40 million.

Morissette, who is successful his 80s, abruptly remembered helium hadn’t bought his summons astir 9 p.m. the nighttime of the historical draw. He made the last-minute acquisition online with the aforesaid lottery numbers helium ever plays, which are day dates successful the family.

On Wednesday, a Loto-Québec worker reached retired to him with the life-changing news: he’s a multi-millionaire.

The elder instantly called retired to his woman Rachel that they had won. At first, their children didn’t judge their father’s newfound fortune.

Morisette made his mode to Montreal by limo connected Friday, wherever helium spoke to reporters astir his plans for his prize money. As a large sports fan, helium hopes to spell spot nonrecreational shot games successful Italy.

The begetter of 3 besides plans to usage the windfall to unafraid his children’s future.

There’s been nary merchandise from Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation astir the victor successful that province.

— with files from Global’s Dan Spector and Gabby Rodrigues