We're still waiting for the winner of last Friday's $60-million jackpot to come forward and claim their cheque.
In the meantime, the owners of the South Shore grocery store that sold the winning Lotto Max ticket are already making plans for their share of the winnings.
Yuhan Roy said he thought it was a joke. The co-owner of the Marché du Village in Ange-Gardien, 60 km southeast of Montreal, said he got the news from employees Saturday: two men who were there validating their winning ticket and who wanted to thank them. Roy said the clients were regulars, who appeared to be taking the news more calmly than his employees.
"They were very excited and happy. It was a great day, a great working ambiance that day," Roy told CJAD 800 News.
Roy said it was the first time in the store's 50-year history that it sold a winning lotto ticket. The store gets one per cent of the winnings - $600,000. Roy said he plans on spending some on his employees, maybe a little trip to Florida with his family, but most of all, making retirement easier for his 66-year-old dad who still comes into work every morning.
"I'd like for my father to be able to take a bit more vacaction to rest since he still works a lot at the store," said Roy.
Loto-Quebec said the winner is from the South Shore - reports say it's a group of 20 and one of the members is from St-Césaire.