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Davies含羞草研究社� wallet held a winning Lotto 6/49 ticket for two weeks before she realized it, according to a news release from the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC).

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She started shaking and pacing after learning she won $1 million from the ticket that she purchased at the Esso on Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge for the April 29 draw.

Davies isn含羞草研究社檛 sure what could have happened if she didn含羞草研究社檛 open her wallet that day.

含羞草研究社淚 lose things a lot,含羞草研究社� she said.

She called her husband at work after checking the ticket on BCLC含羞草研究社檚 app.

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Davies plans to put the winnings towards paying off her mortgage and a family vacation to Disneyland. She says she hasn含羞草研究社檛 been on an out-of-country vacation in more than five years.

According to the news release, B.C. lottery players redeemed more than $113 million in winnings from Lotto 6/49 in 2022.

dillon.white@missioncityrecord.com
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