SASKATOON — Donald Nykiforuk admits he often won’t check his lottery tickets for quite a while after he buys them.
“I really let them pile up!” the farmer joked at his prize claim interview.
Now, Nykiforuk is piling up his winnings, after a $5 million score on the LOTTO 6/49 Classic Draw for May 8!
“I scanned the ticket on my phone app,” he explained. “I [saw the win and] thought, ‘Wow! I’d better figure out how to manage this!’”
The Bonnyville, Alta., local farms in Saskatchewan and said this will really help him support his farming business.
“I’m not looking at how other people spend their winnings,” he said. “For [farmers], we deal with large amounts of money all the time, and this is going straight into [my business].”
Nykiforuk purchased his winning LOTTO 6/49 ticket from The Centre Food Store at 3310 8th St. E in Saskatoon. He won his prize on the LOTTO 6/49 Classic Draw by matching the selection for May 8: 4, 7, 11, 29, 30, 31.
Sask Lotteries is celebrating 50 years as the main fundraiser for more than 12,000 sport, culture and recreation groups in communities across the province! Since 1974, through an agreement with the Government of Saskatchewan, lottery sales in Saskatchewan have been used to provide more than $1.4 billion to support athletes from the grassroots level to the international stage, connect youth to artistic experiences, help residents experience the beauty of the parks that cover the province and so much more. Learn about games, jackpots, winning numbers and more at sasklotteries.ca.
- Submitted by Sask. Lotteries
