A couple from Quebec is revelling over their recent lottery win of $1,000 a week for life. Gilles Lavoie and Céline Labelle from Montérégie got the surprise of a lifetime when they took home the Gagnant à Vie top prize and decided to accept a lump sum of $1,000,000 associated with the annuity of $1,000 a week for life.
Winning the lottery is a life-changing event, so much so that many of us often wish we could become millionaires, quit our jobs, jet set across the globe and eat at the finest of restaurants. Well, that doesn't seem to be the case for one Quebec man who won $2 million and plans on keeping his lifestyle as is.
Win the lottery, quit your job and live your best life surely a common dream for many of us. When Laurier Lapointe's numbers came up, he wasted no time making every part of that dream a reality. Lapointe, who hails from the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, won $1,000 a day for life following the Grande Vie draw on January 9, 2023 and decided to go for the lump-sum prize of $7 million.
If you were told you'd just won $36,000,000, chances are you'd be running to collect your prize money. Well, that wasn't the case for Jean-Marc Poirier, who waited three months before claiming his millions.