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Tim and Karen Cox are Swift Current’s newest lottery winners, after a $100,000 win on the June 15 EXTRA draw took them by surprise!
The couple had been eagerly watching to see if someone had won on the record-breaking $66 million LOTTO 6/49 June 15 draw and hadn’t checked right away to see if the EXTRA they added to their ticket was a winner.
“We were joking about the $66 million LOTTO 6/49 win going to Calgary and said, ‘At least someone in Saskatchewan won $100,000,’” Karen laughed. “We didn’t realize it was us!”
“I was sitting on the couch and scanned the ticket on my app,” explained Tim. “The $100,000 came up so I went to show Karen and asked, ‘Just so I know I’m not going crazy, what does that say?’”
The couple’s showed the phone to their son and he shared their surprise.
“His eyes got so big and then there was lots of hugging,” Karen said. “We were shocked… Stunned really.”
The Swift Current locals said the win brings them much closer to retirement.
“It feels really good,” said Tim. “Kind of surreal!”
The Cox couple purchased their winning LOTTO 6/49 and EXTRA ticket at Canadian Tire Gas Bar located at 105 North Service Rd. E in Swift Current. They won their prize by matching the last six numbers selected in the June 15 EXTRA draw: 6208703.
Sask Lotteries is celebrating 50 years as the main fundraiser for more than 12,000 sport, culture and recreation groups in communities across the province! Since 1974, through an agreement with the Government of Saskatchewan, lottery sales in Saskatchewan have been used to provide more than $1.4 billion to support athletes from the grassroots level to the international stage, connect youth to artistic experiences, help residents experience the beauty of the parks that cover the province and so much more. Learn about games, jackpots, winning numbers and more at sasklotteries.ca.
