This lottery winner chose $7-million lump sum over $1K each day for life

Richard Plante was going astir his greeting astatine location successful Lanaudière, Que., erstwhile helium picked up a life-changing telephone telephone Tuesday.

The retired brewery idiosyncratic was asked to cheque the results from the Oct. 28 gully for the Grande Vie lottery jackpot of $1,000 per day.

“I said, ‘Oh, that’s not true. No. Seriously?'” Plante recounted Thursday astir the infinitesimal helium realized helium won.

Plante, who has played the lottery since helium was 18 years old, was successful implicit disbelief. He thought possibly helium would instrumentality location immoderate money, but helium didn’t deliberation it’d beryllium the expansive prize.

“It’s amazing,” helium said. “It’s impossible.”

In shock, Plante profusely thanked the Loto-Québec worker who called him with the bully news. It was past helium knew helium had to archer his wife, who was already astatine work.

Plante was disquieted the out-of-the-blue telephone astir their newfound luck would springiness his spouse of 40 years a bosom attack. At first, helium asked her however she was doing and past told her astir the winnings.

Guylaine Talbot says she instantly froze. She felt tingly and went numb, but her benignant colleagues brought her h2o and checked connected her.

“It’s hard due to the fact that you say, ‘It’s true. It’s not true. My hubby conscionable won,'” Talbot said. “My beingness changed automatically and I americium precise blessed to beryllium capable to springiness myself a accidental to halt and bask beingness with my husband.”

The fortunate mates volition usage their winnings to renovate their location and bargain a caller car that Talbot was eyeing. Plante said determination aren’t immoderate different large plans conscionable yet, but helium is basking successful his bully wellness and luck for his aureate years.

“We person everything we need,” helium said.

The devoted hubby says helium wants to spoil his woman and is encouraging her to discontinue earlier than May of adjacent year.

“Oh it’s amusive to turn old, softly and without stress,” Talbot said.

Winners of the Grande Vie jackpot get to take betwixt $1,000 per time for beingness oregon a lump sum of $7 million. A spokesperson for Loto-Québec confirmed Plante opted for the lump sum.

— with files from Global’s Nily Louis