“I wanted to go to medical school before winning the lottery. While the majority of the money will be put away for now in carefully chosen investments as they develop a bigger plan for it, Juliette remains committed to her dream of becoming a doctor and coming back to practice in northern Ontario. Thankfully my dad was able to piece together that I won the lottery jackpot! I knew I couldn’t focus on work and my boss told me I could go home, but my mom wanted me to stay and finish my shift! My colleagues called out ‘come and get her,’ and my parents eventually came to pick me up.”Īs Lamour was trying to process the enormity of the lottery prize, she was comforted by knowing that her dad is a financial planner. “Because I was crying – happy tears – of course, my mom couldn’t understand what was going on. The shock and excitement continued as she called home with the unbelievable news. We kind of made a scene in the store that day!” He was yelling, in fact, everyone was yelling that I won $48 million! I didn’t understand what was going on at first. “My colleague fell to his knees in disbelief. When he scanned the ticket, the ‘Winner’ jingle started to play, and ‘Big Winner’ was displayed on the phone. Her co-worker offered to check her ticket on his OLG App. That’s when she remembered she had a ticket for the draw.
She was at work with her colleagues when they told her the winning ticket was sold in the city.
Lamour forgot about the ticket until news started to spread that the winning LOTTO 6/49 ticket worth $48 million was purchased in the Soo. I still can’t believe I hit the GOLD BALL jackpot on my very first lottery ticket!” “When I went to the store, I wasn’t sure what to ask for because I had never bought a ticket before, so I called my dad who told me to buy a LOTTO 6/49 Quick Pick. “I just turned 18 and my grandfather suggested I buy a lottery ticket for fun,” explained Juliette during a winner’s celebration at OLG Headquarters in Sault Ste. While there have been other 18-year-old lottery winners across Canada in recent years, no one has won as much as her.Īmazingly she won the multi-million-dollar jackpot on her very first lottery purchase. The 18-year-old university student is the youngest person in Canadian lottery history to win a jackpot of this size. Marie is now part of Canadian lottery history after winning $48 million as the sole winner of the LOTTO 6/49 GOLD BALL jackpot from the January 7 draw. I really want to come back to this area as a doctor so I can give back to my community," added Lamour.Juliette Lamour of Sault Ste. "As a member the Garden River First Nation community, I was eligible for educational assistance programs, but I no longer need those resources which means someone else in the community can benefit from that funding. Now I can pursue this dream without worrying about grants or loans," she said. “"I wanted to go to medical school before winning the lottery. Lamour's father is a financial planner, so it's safe to say her money will be properly taken care of as she continues her studies to become a doctor and begins to plan a mega summer vacation. "I knew I couldn't focus on work, and my boss told me I could go home, but my mom wanted me to stay and finish my shift! My colleagues called out, 'come and get her,' and my parents eventually came to pick me up," she told the OLG. Thankfully her boss told her to head home for the day, obviously not in a state where she could continue to work. Thankfully my dad was able to piece together that I won the lottery jackpot." "Because I was crying – happy tears – of course, my mom couldn't understand what was going on.
Immediately overcome by emotion, Lamour made a tearful call to her parents, who, in the beginning, didn't understand what was happening either.
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