By Chris Brown

$70M Lotto Max ticket was bought in Dunmore

Apr 19, 2022 | 2:15 PM

DUNMORE, AB – You may want to head to Dunmore for your next lottery ticket purchase.

The winning ticket for the record $70-million Lotto Max jackpot was sold at the town’s South Country Co-op Gas Bar on April 1.

Regina resident Dale McEwen was on a road trip west with his family when they stopped in and he bought a ticket for that night’s draw. The next day he used the Lotto Spot! app and learned he’d matched all seven numbers.

“Ski trip ruined!” he laughed, while claiming the prize earlier this month. “Basically, all we’ve been doing since we found out is figuring out what we will do now.”

In a news release from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, McEwen said he and his family have been making some plans for their windfall – mostly to help out family and travel at this point – but are still working through exactly what to do with their newfound wealth.

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“I can’t even describe it,” McEwen says in the release. “Dreaming about winning and actually winning are two very different feelings. You think you know what it would feel like, but when it’s in your hands, your mind will not stop, and you can’t even sleep.”

“It is stressful – but not a bad stress,” he added with a laugh.

The winning numbers were 7, 10, 18, 29, 38, 43 and 50.