A couple of Timmins named Ian Robertson and Samantha Archer have been regular lottery players for decades and started to play as a team when they started dating.
Archer discovered the big win while using the ticket checker at the store. The winning ticket was purchased at Alfies on Third Avenue in Timmins.
"The prize amount flashed across the screen so quickly, I didn't believe it was real," she said in a news release from the OLG.
"I double-checked on OLG.ca and then I started to believe it.”
Archer called Robertson to tell him she thought they’d won and asked him to come check.
“He said he was sleeping and that he would check it later,” Archer said.
The pair plan to pay some bills, pay for their child's education, do some work around the house and set the rest aside for retirement.
