Lottery Winner from Ontario took home $1M

Ontario lottery winner, Maria Vescio, is Newmarket's latest millionaire after buying a lucky ticket on Friday the 13th.

Vescio won an impressive $1,231,792.20 after scoring a second prize Lotto Max win in the May 13, 2022 draw, according to OLG.

The lucky lady is an avid player and told OLG she's been playing "since the beginning" and used to buy Wintario tickets with her mom.

Now she plans on using her fortune to chase her own dreams and says the money "will go a long way" for her and her children.

Vescio says the win is a "huge blessing."

"I've never experienced a feeling like this before. It's surreal and beyond incredible," she told OLG. The lucky winner bought her golden ticket at a Circle K on Yonge Street in Newmarket.

But, despite the day being widely known as bad luck thanks to a certain horror franchise and superstition, it seems fate had some lucky plans in store for Vescio.